Recipe: Tasty Sukuma wiki& Ugali#localfoodcontest_Kisumu

Sukuma wiki& Ugali#localfoodcontest_Kisumu. Sukuma wiki is an East African dish made with collard greens, known as sukuma, cooked with onions and spices. It is often served and eaten with ugali (made from maize flour). In Tanzania, Kenya and many parts of East Africa, colewort are more commonly known by their Swahili name, sukuma, and are often referred to as collard greens.

Sukuma wiki is a traditional Kenyan dish that is prepared with collard greens, tomatoes and onions and typically served with ugali. The literal translation means to 'stretch the week' or 'push the week.' Sukuma wiki is a staple in many East African countries like Kenya, Burundi, and Tanzania. Collard greens are available all year round in these regions, which makes them easily affordable. You can cook Sukuma wiki& Ugali#localfoodcontest_Kisumu using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Sukuma wiki& Ugali#localfoodcontest_Kisumu

1. It's of Sukuma wiki.
2. Prepare of big onion.
3. It's of big tomatoes.
4. Prepare of Salt.
5. You need of oil.
6. You need of Maize flour.
7. You need of &1/2 cup water to cook the maize meal.

Sukuma wiki — Swahili for "stretch the week" — is a ubiquitous dish in East African. Nutritious and tasty, it is a way of "stretching" out kitchen resources. Green frilly leaves dotted any patch of land that had enough water nearby to irrigate. Sukuma wiki is the Swahili name for collard greens which translates to "push/stretch the week".

Sukuma wiki& Ugali#localfoodcontest_Kisumu step by step

1. Chop the sukuma wiki finely. Wash thoroughly. Keep in a strainer to remove excess water.
2. Take a cooking pan add oil. once hot add the chopped onions.
3. Once they are pink in colour add the sukuma. Mix well add salt.
4. Let this cook for 5 mins. Add the chopped tomatoes. Mix well..
5. Add little water. After 10 mins it's done..
6. Take another sufuria add the water. Once it comes to a boil add the maize flour. Stir vigoursly till it comes together. Leave for a min or so. Shape it round & serve hot.

In East Africa they use collards to stretch out a meal so it lasts the whole week, so as you can imagine this dish is very economical. Sukuma wiki is an East African vegetable side dish cooked in spicy tomato sauce with your choice of ugali, plantain or rice. I am always on the lookout for vegetable sides to serve with dinner. Just changing things a little could make the difference between monotony and excitement at dinner time. Most farmers harvest and take to the market on the same day, to avoid the need for refrigeration.