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Welcome to the Celtnet Recipes section for recipes from the East African country of Uganda. Here you will find all the recipes from Uganda on this site all gathered into one place. I have attempted to gather together here as many Ugandan recipes as possible. The current collection represents the largest gathering of Ugandan recipes into one place on the web today. (Just scroll down for the recipes, they follow the brief introduction to Uganda given below.)

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Uganda and its Cuisine

Uganda, officially the United Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Uganda), is an landlocked East African country straddling the equator, which is bordered in the south by Lake Victoria. The capital and largest city is Kampala and Uganda attained independence from the United Kingdom on October 9th 1962. Most of the population falls into one of three main ethnic groups: Bantu, Nilotic, and Central-Sudanic (traditionally called Nilo-Hamitic) with the Bantu being the most numerous. Around 40 languages are used in the country, though English became the official language after independence and Swahili was approved as a second official language in 2005. According to the latest census (2002) 84% of Uganda's population is Christian, with Muslims representing 12% of the population. The remainder of the population mainly follow traditional religions, though there are also Hindu and Judaic communities in the country.

Though Uganda has considerable natural resources they are mostly untapped and the economy is fundamentally agrarian, with over 80% of the workforce employed in the agricultural sector (coffee being the main export product). The basis of Ugandan cuisine is traditional with some Arabic and British influences seen in preparation methods and ingredients. The foundation of the food includes plantain and banana dishes, stews, pastes and local fruit. However, as Uganda is a mix of peoples who came into the country during the 14th century, including the : Baganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole and Busoga. Though the Baganda people came to dominate over the succeeding centuries the country remains a mix of cultures, languages, modes of dress and cuisine. As such there is no typical Ugandan cuisine. Rather, there are a mix of cultures and dishes. However, the staple of the diet is Matooke, a stew made from plantains boiled in a sauce made from peanuts, fresh fish along with meat and/or tripe. Fish forms a significant part in the Ugandan diet and may be fresh, smoked or salted and dried.



The alphabetical list of recipes from Uganda follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 25 recipes in total:


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Amandazi
     Origin: Uganda
Cream of Peanut Soup
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Kabobs
     Origin: Uganda
Amashaza mu gitoke
(Peas with Plantains)
     Origin: Uganda
Kashata na nazi
(Ugandan Coconut Candy)
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Peanut Soup
     Origin: Uganda
Banana Jam
     Origin: Uganda
Matooke
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Plantain Cake
     Origin: Uganda
Beans with Cassava
     Origin: Uganda
Meatballs with Yoghurt Sauce
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Smoked Fish Stew
     Origin: Uganda
Boo with Okra
     Origin: Uganda
Oluwombo
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Steamed Fish
     Origin: Uganda
Bufuke with Onion Sauce
     Origin: Uganda
Oluwombo II
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Sweet Potato and Pea Soup
     Origin: Uganda
Bunyoro Stew
     Origin: Uganda
Pineapple Buganda
     Origin: Uganda
Veal Curry with Bananas
     Origin: Uganda
Chickennat
     Origin: Uganda
Spinach and Simsim
     Origin: Uganda
Choroko Sauce
     Origin: Uganda
Ugandan Curried Potatoes
     Origin: Uganda

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The image above shows the entire continent of Africa with East Africa picked out in red. East Africa is formed from nineteen states: 1: Burundi; 2: Comoros; 3: Djibouti; 4: Eritrea; 5: Ethiopia; 6: Kenya; 7: Madagascar; 8: Malawi; 9: Mauritius; 10: Mayotte; 11: Mozambique; 12: Réunion; 13: Rwanda; 14: Seychelles; 15: Somalia; 16: Tanzania; 17: Uganda; 18: Zambia; and 19: Zimbabwe.

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