Recipes · Kenya · Vegetive

A wheat flatbread rolled into a spiral then flattened, which pulls apart into thin layers once cooked.

Maize kernels and kidney beans boiled together, then fried with onion, tomato and cumin. The Kikuyu everyday pot.

East African fried triangles made with coconut milk and cardamom, barely sweet, pillowy and fragrant.

Kenyan red kidney beans simmered in coconut milk with tomato and curry powder, mellow and filling, served with rice or ugali.

Firm white maize porridge served with kale sautéed with tomato and onion, the everyday meal on most Kenyan tables.