Uganda - Food Culture Try Uganda’s delicious banana rice. Uganda’s delicious banana rice. In Uganda, Africa, bananas are always indispensable when entertaining guests. When guests enter the room, they are first served a glass of delicious banana juice, and then served with roasted banana snacks. For dinner, eat a kind of banana rice called "Matoki". "Matoki" is made from a non-sweet banana variety, peeled and mashed into a puree, steamed and mixed with red bean juice, peanut butter, braised chicken nuggets, and curry beef. People who have eaten "Matoki" generally praise it as "the most delicious meal in the world", so it has become the main course of the Ugandan state banquet. Uganda’s “national drink” is made from a mixture of fermented bananas and sorghum noodles, which is sweet and mellow. When having a banquet, a wine jar is placed on the table, with a 1-meter-long straw pipe inserted into the top of the jar, and the guests and hosts suck at each other. Ugandans have the following characteristics in their food habits:
1. They pay attention to rich and colorful dishes, and pay attention to the delicious and palatable dishes.
2. Generally speaking, I don’t like too salty food and I like spicy food.
3. Rice and banana are the staple food, and they are also willing to eat noodles. Ugandan Food 4. Non-staple foods like fish, beef, mutton, chicken, eggs, etc.; vegetables like peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, beans, etc.; seasonings like coconut oil, palm oil, peanut butter, chili juice, cloves, and jade. Fruit, curry, etc. 5. Preference for cooking methods such as roasting, frying, stir-frying, roasting, etc. 6. Chinese food likes Cantonese, Beijing, and Sichuan cuisine. 7. The menu includes large platter, braised chicken, curry beef, pot tenderloin, dry-roasted fresh fish, grilled beef strips, winter melon cup, shredded banana, kung pao chicken, hand-caught mutton and other flavored dishes. 8. Water wine likes to drink beer, feed likes to drink coffee, cocoa, coconut juice, soda, etc., and also likes to drink green tea. 9. For fruits, they like to eat papaya, mango, banana and other fruits; for dried fruits, they like to eat peanuts, cashews, etc.