Monday, February 7, 2011

Ugali

Ingredients
  1. 4 cups water
  2. 4 cups maize meal or corn meal flour

Method
  1. Bring water to a boil in a pan. 
  2. Add the corn or maize meal and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture is thick and smooth. Make sure it is not too stiff. Add boiling water if it is too thick. 
  3. Gather the mixture in the middle of the pan and turn the heat to low. 
  4. Cover the pan and leave it on low heat for 15-20 minutes, turning occasionally. 
  5. Flip the ugali onto a plate and, after it cools a bit, form it into a "cake". 
  6. Slice and serve with chicken, beef, fish or meat stew and a cooked vegetable dish or even sour milk (buttermilk).

Chai ya maziwa ( Tea)

Ingredients:
  1. Two glasses of milk
  2.  A glass of water
  3. Two tea spoonfuls of  tea leaves

Method:
  1. Mix the glass of water with the milk in a sufuria
  2. Leave it to heat for a few minutes
  3. Add the tea leaves
  4.  Wait for the mixture to boil
  5. Sieve it when still hot in a thermos flask
Add sugar as desired (2-3 teaspoons per cup)