Nakyerongosa, Uganda

by Kaggwa
(Uganda)

Food and drinks in Nakyerongosa village, Uganda

The staple food of the Baganda who are the majority in Nakyerongosa village is matooke, a plantain (a tropical fruit in the banana family).
It is steamed or boiled and commonly served with groundnut (peanut) sauce or meat soups.

Sources of proteins come from various foods that include eggs (from local chickens that are reared by almost every household), fish, beans, groundnuts, meat and chicken, as well as termites and grasshoppers in season.

Common vegetables are cabbage, beans, mushrooms (picked from the gardens and eaten either fresh or dried), cassava, sweet potatoes and various types of greens (commonly referred to as doodo.

Although some of the households have cutlery, most Baganda prefer to eat with their hands, especially when at home.

Fruits include oranges, sweet bananas, pineapples, passion fruit, papaws and jack fruit. Most of these fruits are grown in the gardens and a household can eat as much as it wants during the season of a given fruit.

However, due to the need for income, most of the households resort to selling these food items and this has had a negative impact on the nutritional status of the community.

Drinks in Nakyerongosa include indigenous fermented beverages made from bananas (mwenge), pineapples (munanansi), and maize (musoli).

Men usually spend their weekends drinking any of these types of drinks especially mwenge. This is mainly done in any individual household although there are some local bars selling these beverages.

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