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How to cook the perfect Ugali

Mulunga Alukwe
Mulunga Alukwe @mulunga_alukwe
Nairobi, Kenya

Ugali is a very common lunch/dinner dish in most of our homes. Cooking it is easy and can be served with vegetables, meat, soup or even fish

Ugali is a very common lunch/dinner dish in most of our homes. Cooking it is easy and can be served with vegetables, meat, soup or even fish

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How to cook the perfect Ugali

Mulunga Alukwe
Mulunga Alukwe @mulunga_alukwe
Nairobi, Kenya

Ugali is a very common lunch/dinner dish in most of our homes. Cooking it is easy and can be served with vegetables, meat, soup or even fish

Ugali is a very common lunch/dinner dish in most of our homes. Cooking it is easy and can be served with vegetables, meat, soup or even fish

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Ingredients

30 minutes
2 or more
  1. 1 Cupflour (more or less)
  2. 2 Cupswater (more or less)
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30 minutes
  1. 1

    Boil water until it bubbles. The water should be very hot. This ensures the ugali will cook perfectly

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  2. 2

    Add a cup full of flour into the water. Let it cook a few seconds until water starts to cover the flour

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  3. 3

    Use a wooden spoon to quickly start mixing the flour and water

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  4. 4

    Add a handful of flour and continue to mix the water and flour it will start to come together

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  5. 5

    Reduce heat to medium and keep turning the ugali as it continues to stick together

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  6. 6

    Gather the ugali and press it onto the side of the sufuria

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  7. 7

    Place the wooden spoon under the ugali and form into a ball in the middle of the sufuria

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  8. 8

    Repeat pressing the ugali on the side of the sufuria and turning it to the middle

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  9. 9

    Once the ugali has become firm, turn it once more and smoothen it into a round. You will know your ugali is ready once you start to smell the aroma clearly

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  10. 10

    Turn the ugali over onto a plate

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  11. 11

    Dip the wooden spoon into water and use it to smoothen the ugali into a round ball on the plate

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  12. 12

    Serve the ugali whole or slice. Enjoy with your favorite stew, meat, veggies, fish etc

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Mulunga Alukwe @mulunga_alukwe
on April 09, 2018 17:17
Nairobi, Kenya
I love good food. I love eating out too⏩Youtube, FB, IG & Twitter: Nairobi Kitchen⏩BLOG: nairobikitchen.blogspot.com⏩homemade food. for the hungry soul
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Vena Nyankwa
Vena Nyankwa @Theblackstar7
November 05, 2023 10:22
I now know you are a great cook,can't wait to try your yummy ugali sometime 😘🥰
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