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This salad is inspired by something that was not even perceived as a salad, that used to be made by some students of King’s college, Budo (Uganda). It basically consisted of steamed cassava mixed with sardines or mackerels, the ingredients most readily available, then. In this case, we shall “raise standards” a bit by including some other ingredients.
This recipe shows how to prepare rice “KCB-style”, with canned fish. King’s College, Budo, is a cool, mixed, boarding secondary school, near Kampala. Students, at least a while ago, used to find ways of making use of the canned fish they got after working on the school farm. The fish & other food items were donated by the World Food program (WFP). This is one of the ways the fish was used.
True Ugandan kabalagala banana pancakes are made using “ndizzi” bananas (as they are called in some regions of Uganda), but what do you do if you are in a place where you have none, but lots of “plantains”, known in Uganda as “gonja”? I tried it and in my opinion, they taste more like the “real thing” than with other banana types found in some places. The recipe & especially video, though illustrate how to make Kabalagala with or without ndizzi.
So after techrina (in some connected forum) requested for this recipe, it was decided something had to be done. I know someone who cooks this now and then & so I combined what I saw her do with what I know about preparing potato au gratin to come up with this. Cassava is widely eaten in Africa, being prepared in different ways and so I thought doing it a little differently would not be bad at all. Gratin is otherwise not an African dish.
Groundnuts are what is known in some places as “peanuts”. Here is a simple recipe showing how you could prepare chicken in groundnut/peanut sauce.
Cuisine: East African, West African Cuisine: East African, West African Cuisine: East African, West African Ingredients2 kg potatoes ((not easily crumbling type best))250 grams ground groundnuts/peanut butter2 ripe tomatoes2 big onionssalt to taste2 teaspoons curry (and or other spices)pepper (enough
Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Cuisine: East African Ingredients650 grams plain wheat flour600 ml lukewarm water80 grams sugar (Some people prefer more, others less. Taste the dough!)1 sachet yeast (for 1/2 kg flour (Check out the manufacturer's instructions))1/2 teaspoon
Pilau or pilao as it is called in Uganda is a very tasty rice/meat dish. There are many variations of it in different parts of the world, especially Asia. Other names for it include: Pilaf, also called poloپلو , polao, pilau, pilav, pilaff, plov or pulao.