Food trivia, traditional methods of preparation, easy contemporary and traditional recipes for the vegan diet. Get started on the vegetarian lifestyle with these tasty Luhya traditional vegan dishes. We say going vegan doesn’t have to boring!
In this recipe of a medley of Luhya traditional vegetables, you’ll see: Lisebebe (pumpkin leaves -Cucurbita sp.), inderema (Indian spinach – Basella alba), miroo (sunnhemp – Crotalaria brevidens), mrenda (jute plant – Corchorus olitorius), tsimboga or tsimboka or livogoi (Amaranthus species). Watch Video
In Maragoli language, bananas (the fruit or food) is known as ligomia. Magomia is what we call the banana plantation itself. In our culture, a seasoned eye can look at the stem, leaves or poise of magomia and come to a conclusion to which ligomia it will bear. Ligomia can be: mulalu (good only for … Read more
Going vegan? Here’s our curated list of seven delicious traditional Luhya vegan dishes to try out. With love, from the Luhya of Kenya, bubwoba to mrenda, tasty nutritious choices for a vegetarian diet. When I try recalling my late grandfather’s diet, I realize that animal protein was if present in traces. He didn’t do milk … Read more
If the way to a Luhya heart is through his/her stomach, then to play perfect host you have to know ugali as only a Luhya can. Ugali goes by various names among the 18 houses of mulembe including busuma, obusuma, buchima, vuchima, eboso, liposo and more. It is a humble staple that has threatened the … Read more
I invite you to step into my grandmother’s kitchen. Join me as I rediscover another of khukhu Nakhatama’s simple recipes. She once whispered to me that good food is all in the preparation. With that nugget of grandmotherly advice in mind, let’s learn how to make authentic homemade peanut butter the Luhya way. Having grown up … Read more
The instructions that follow illuminate all that I can remember about the nifty pep talks, gentle nudges and most of the time Gordon Ramsey-esque hell from kukhu as she taught me how to cook. This is your path to finger licking good sifuluko. How to make groundnut paste for sifuluko My Masaba grandma’s original recipe … Read more
Our easy sifuluko recipe will make you a master of this authentic contemporary Kenyan spicy delight. And not only that – you will be liberated as you will be free to try out groundnut paste in the many tasty ways it is enjoyed in traditional Luhya cuisine. Groundnut paste is an ingredient that’s quintessential to … Read more
All about favorite bubwoba types of my childhood. Including tips from Luhya culture on how to know which wild mushrooms are edible. Bubwoba Types Get to know about bubobwa types that were common on Luhya tables as food. Jump to: Bubwoba Bukusuma, Buchelamachi, Bubwoba Bukochwe, Bumekele, Bubwoba Busina/Nasina I have seen guys going to school … Read more
With its liberal use of everyday ingredients found in your modern kitchen, this contemporary Luhya mushroom recipe is not only easy to execute, but quite a delight. A common way to cook mushrooms in contemporary times is to incorporate meats like lamb, beef and mutton. Our take on a contemporary mushroom meal doesn’t take this … Read more
More secrets to good food from my grandma’s cookbook. This time we sit by her feet as she teaches us how to prepare bubwoba as the first step to whipping up tasty but simple creamy wild mushroom the Luhya way. We’ve already shared a family secret with the simple beef tallow Luhya mushroom recipe. If … Read more
