Recipes
Ugandan favourites made with MAMI, from a breakfast rolex to Sunday pilau. Pick a dish, tick off the ingredients and get cooking.
Rolex (chapati egg roll)
Uganda's favourite street breakfast: a fluffy vegetable omelette rolled up in a warm chapati.
Soft layered chapati
Soft, flaky chapati with golden spots, for breakfast, rolex or with any stew.
Mandazi
Lightly sweet, cardamom-scented fried dough. Perfect with a cup of tea.
Kabalagala (banana pancakes)
Sweet little pancakes of ripe bananas and cassava flour, a Kampala classic.
Crispy fried tilapia
Whole tilapia fried until crisp and golden, served with kachumbari and lemon.
Beef pilau
Fragrant spiced rice with tender beef, the centrepiece of every celebration.
Katogo (matooke and beef)
A hearty pot of matooke simmered with beef and tomatoes, a true Ugandan breakfast.
Golden homemade chips
Crisp outside, fluffy inside, using the double-fry method that chip vendors swear by.
Sukuma wiki with tomatoes
Quick sautéed greens with onion and tomato, the everyday side for ugali, rice or posho.
Simple oil sponge cake
A soft, moist everyday cake made with oil instead of butter. Easy and affordable.