At Kibebe Primary School and almost every other primary school in Uganda, ‘posho and beans’ is the lunchtime meal, eaten by everyone, every day of the week, for as long as anyone can remember. Posho is a Ugandan staple, made by ‘mingling’ maize flour with water until it becomes something that resembles a solid lump of…
Category: Africa
Genfo with ‘Sili’s Sauce’
Sili making ‘bunna’ (Ethiopian coffee) This bad boy breakfast dish comes from Sili, who is one half of the dream team at Mulu Ecolodge and responsible for making a simple sauce of onions, garlic, niter kibbeh (Ethiopian spiced butter) and berbere taste so good that it has been affectionately renamed ‘Sili sauce’. The breakfast dish…
How to make injera, Mulu Ecolodge style
This blog is about the most famous Ethiopian cuisine – the ‘injera’. Nailing down a recipe for injera has been surprisingly tough, whenever I have asked people about exact quantities or timings, the response has been frustratingly vague, “you just know” or “you have to feel it in your heart”. Ingredients change depending on where…
Shadi’s Tahini salad
Shadi in her kitchen This dish comes from a woman called Shadi, who I met during a whistle stop tour of Sudan. Shadi called the dish a salad, but I feel some clarification is needed so that people aren’t misled into thinking this is healthy. In my books, this salad leapfrogs ‘bad salad’ status…
Goshe’s (wife’s) Lamb Tibs
Goshe, who was in charge of keeping us alive and out of trouble during our trek This recipe comes from a man called Goshe, who acted as our ‘scout’ for the 250km trek we did in the Ethiopian Highlands and was, as far as I could tell, an absolute hero. Goshe was one of…
Toyibajarnal’s ‘Special’ Ful with Spicy Tea
Toyibajarnal in her kitchen during the breakfast rush This next recipe is a great little breakfast dish called ful, that’s made using fava (broad) beans, tomatoes and spices and eaten with great hunks of fresh bread and a sweet spicy tea. Ful is popular in loads of different Middle Eastern and African countries so…
People I Meet and Food They Eat 