Inyamat (Food)

I would be the one to write the food blog :-)

We've been in Soroti for a week and it's about time that we shared with you some of the Ugandan foods that we have tried. Here is a list of some of our favorites followed by descriptions of the foods.

Matooke - Matooke is a traditional Ugandan dish. It is made from cooked plantain bananas (etaget).

Posha -A white, stiff porridge made from Maize. Apparently it is made from Maize that has been processed so that it has no nutritional value...oh well. Posha is usually served with beans.

Atap - A type of bread that is like posha, but dark brown. It's kind of sticky.

Eboo - A dish composed of pea leaves and groundnut (peanut) paste. It tastes like peanut butter, but it is green.

Chapat - A fried, flat bread that is also called Chapati. Lots of streetvenders make chapat and sell it as a snack for people passing by. According to Jen, it is also used in Chinese cooking to make scallion pancakes.

Enanasi - Also called Jackfruit. A huge green fruit which you cut in two before picking out the fruit. Apparently the inside is gluelike so you have to oil your hands before preparing it. Yellow fruit inside tastes good in fruit salad.

Ematunda - Also called passionfruit. I'm not sure what it looks like on the outside, but the slightly sour seeds are popular in fruit salad (you can put the seeds inside jackfruit mmm). Passionfruit juice looks kind of like mango juice, but is my new favorite juice.

Mango - Mango trees are everywhere and it's mango season right now. You can go right up to the trees and aim for the yellow ones. You then have to bite off the top and peel the fruit with your teeth (be careful of getting the juice all over your clothes).

Pineapple - Pure deliciousness.


Important Updates:
Number of Mosquito Bites on Alison's Body: 7
Percentage of Christen's Body Covered by Sunburn: 20%
Number of Mosquitoes Jen has Killed by Hand: ?
Number of Times Lacey Has Tripped: 15