Cooking the Most Popular Eastern Uganda Dish - MALEWA in an African Village

smoked fish

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Grilled chicken offers a leaner protein alternative.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil provides healthier fats while sunflower oil is often more affordable.

Prepare the firewood for cooking.

Add ash to the malewa to help it soften and look good.

Add water to the malewa and start boiling it.

Leave the malewa to boil for some time while doing other work.

Once boiling, remove the malewa from the fire.

Wash the malewa to remove the ash, cutting it into two pieces as you wash.

Wash the malewa a second time to ensure it is clean.

Wash the malewa a third time to make sure it is very clean.

Cut the malewa into small pieces, removing any hard parts that are not edible.

After cutting, wash the malewa again to ensure cleanliness.

Put the cleaned malewa back on the fire to boil.

Remove the water from the boiled malewa and set it aside.

In a saucepan, add a very little cooking oil and fry the onions until they are almost ready.

Add the boiled malewa to the fried onions and stir.

Prepare groundnuts (g-nuts) to add to the malewa.

Add the groundnuts to the malewa.

Add a very little amount of makati for taste.

Add salt (chumbe) to the malewa.

Add roiko seasoning to enhance flavor.

Remove the malewa from the fire and serve.

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