Culinary Tours in Uganda

Culinary tours in Uganda- culinary tourism (food tourism) is one of the amazing experiences available for tourists on Uganda safaris can enjoy. Uganda is a landlocked country, and it is blessed with not only wildlife, and primates such as mountain gorillas, but it is also gifted with a diversity of foods. Different ethnic groups/tribes in Uganda have their unique staple food and a taste of it on Uganda tours is a lifetime opportunity to experience something unique.

Different foods in Uganda tell different stories, histories and cultures of the people in the destination you will be spending your holiday. The common foods in Uganda include Eshabwe for the Banyakole, Kalo for Banyoro, Iteso, Banyankole, and Acholi; Luwombo for the Baganda.

You can be served these different dishes while in a restaurant on your Uganda safari tour. Combine your wildlife tours with visit to adjacent communities and enjoy the best of the traditional meals. Here are some of the incredible foods to worth trying out on Uganda tour.

Kalo

Kalo is either millet or sorghum bread. This is enjoyable in Ankole, Teso or Acholi region. It is rare among the Baganda, but in ceremonies, depending on the guests, it can be prepared. The millet flour and thoroughly boiled water are the key ingredients in preparing Kalo. Others mix millet and cassava and it can be eaten with different sauces including meat, chicken, fish and more.

Luwombo

Luwombo is a common dish served among Baganda. This is prepared in tender banana leaves, wrapped and inside, there can be beef, chicken or groundnuts with smoked fish/meat. The key ingredients for making Luwombo include pounded groundnut, salt, onions, warmed tender banana leaves, tomatoes, carrots and others. Luwombo is prepared in a special way. The warm leaf is carefully picked from specific banana plant and placed in the basket known as Ekibbo ensuring that no holes exist in it. A desired sauce is added and the rest of the ingredients.

Eshabwe

Eshabwe is a common delicacy among the Banyankole in Western Uganda. This is one of the special traditional dishes served during some occasions. This includes ingredients such as water, ghee and rock salt.

Malewa

Malewa is a delicacy in Mbale, Sironko and Bududa districts in Eastern Uganda. This is commonly prepared among the Bagisu. It is served as food or sauce with ground simsim or groundnuts. Malewa is served in most of the Bagisu ceremonies like Imbalu or during traditional weddings. The special ingredients for preparing Malewa include salt, Malewa, peanut paste and water.

The Malewa is boiled in water as one way to clean thoroughly and the joints of the shoot are cut off with the middle parts only left. These will be chopped into smaller pieces and rock salt is added. Peanut paste plus salt can then be added and when served, it is enjoyable with sweet potatoes, cassava, posho, rice or matooke.

Other foods worth trying on culinary tours in Uganda include Katogo -a mixture of beans and matooke; omugoyo, matooke, Lakotokoto and many more.