Authentic Swahili Food - UNBELIEVABLE CURRY MEAL in Lamu Island, Kenya!

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: almond milk

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often more affordable.

curry powder

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: generic curry powder

Homemade blends can be tailored to taste and may be cheaper.

fresh cilantro

🥗Healthier: parsley

💰Cheaper: dried cilantro

Parsley provides a similar flavor profile and is often more accessible.

The host family is preparing sambusas with beef filling and kneading the dough for the wrappers.

They roll out the dough into rounds and lightly fry it until it bubbles up.

The fried dough is cut into strips and pulled apart into thin layers for the sambusas.

Chopped carrots, bell pepper, and red onions are added to the sambusa filling along with black pepper and curry powder.

The coconut is scraped out of the shell to make fresh coconut milk for the curry.

Garlic, turmeric, curry powder, and black pepper are pounded in a mortar and pestle for the curry spice mix.

Onions and carrots are stir-fried in oil until caramelized, then the pounded spice mixture is added.

Tomato paste is stirred in, followed by the prawns and coconut milk, and everything is mixed together until cooked.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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