1Rolex
Best: Kampala
A chapati rolled around an omelet with cabbage and tomato.
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What to eat in Uganda
The 10 best dishes in Uganda
Bananas, groundnuts and the rolex.
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2Matoke
Eaten all over Uganda
Green bananas steamed in leaves and mashed.
3Luwombo
Best: Buganda
Chicken or meat steamed in banana leaves with groundnut sauce.
4Groundnut stew
Eaten all over Uganda
A smooth peanut sauce with smoked fish or chicken, eaten with matoke or posho.
5Posho
Eaten all over Uganda
Uganda's maize meal porridge, cooked stiff and served with beans or groundnut stew.
6Nsenene
Best: Everywhere in season
Grasshoppers caught in the rainy season, plucked and fried crisp with onion, eaten as a snack.
7Muchomo
Eaten all over Uganda
Goat, beef or chicken grilled on sticks at roadside stands, eaten with roasted plantain.
8A photo like it
9Malewa
Best: Eastern Uganda
Bamboo shoots smoked and dried, then stewed in peanut sauce in eastern Uganda.
10Chapati
Eaten all over Uganda
Thick, soft flatbreads that also roll around fried egg and cabbage to make Kampala's Rolex.
Where to eat in Uganda
Chef is checking the restaurants worth it here, one by one, and posts each once it's confirmed open. See the list so far
Eat your way through Uganda
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