The 4 secrets of using munyu mukhelekha: Luhya cooking tradition in a blogpost! All that I’ve learned from my mother and grandmother

poster with image of a glass of munyu mukhelekha, a traditional Luhya salt

My first memory helping out in the kitchen was formed when I was about six. I had raised a storm insisting that I cook by myself a chicken, engoko, that my grandmother had ‘caught for me’. Whenever I ask, I’m reminded that the chicken was to be our Easter Monday supper. Ever since, I have … Read more

6 tips how to use munyu mukhelekha

dark munyu in a white cup

Munyu mukhelekha is a must have ingredient in every Luyha kitchen. More often than not, in a traditional Luhya kitechen, you will find an old bowl or broken pot that has has seen better days being used to collect munyu by leeching ashes from certain dry plant matter. Luhya people refer to soup as kumunyu. … Read more