Obusuma
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Obusuma is the Luhya word for Ugali
, a Kenyan dish also known as sima, sembe, ngima or posho. It is made from maize flour (cornmeal) cooked with boiling water to a thick porridge dough-like consistency. In Luhya cuisine it is the most common staple starch
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Obusuma is commonly served with tsimboka,or etsifwa, (vegetables), inyama, (meat), inyeni, (fish), omena, (whitebait
) or mrere (jute
leaves). For distinguished guests or visitors it is usually served with ingokho, (chicken).
Obusuma can also be prepared from other starches like millet, (known as obusuma bwo bule), sorghum or cassava (obusuma bwo 'muoko). In Luhya culture, especially Luhya Wedding traditions, obusuma prepared from millet was traditionally included among delicasies on a bride's high table .
Ugali
Ugali is an East African dish of maize flour cooked with water to a porridge- or dough-like consistency. It is the most common staple starch of much of Eastern and Southern Africa...
, a Kenyan dish also known as sima, sembe, ngima or posho. It is made from maize flour (cornmeal) cooked with boiling water to a thick porridge dough-like consistency. In Luhya cuisine it is the most common staple starch
Staple food
A staple food is one that is eaten regularly and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a diet, and that supplies a high proportion of energy and nutrient needs. Most people live on a diet based on one or more staples...
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Obusuma is commonly served with tsimboka,or etsifwa, (vegetables), inyama, (meat), inyeni, (fish), omena, (whitebait
Whitebait
Whitebait is a collective term for the immature fry of fish, typically between 25 and 50 millimetres long. Such young fish often travel together in schools along the coast, and move into estuaries and sometimes up rivers where they can be easily caught with fine meshed fishing nets...
) or mrere (jute
Jute
Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which has been classified in the family Tiliaceae, or more recently in Malvaceae....
leaves). For distinguished guests or visitors it is usually served with ingokho, (chicken).
Obusuma can also be prepared from other starches like millet, (known as obusuma bwo bule), sorghum or cassava (obusuma bwo 'muoko). In Luhya culture, especially Luhya Wedding traditions, obusuma prepared from millet was traditionally included among delicasies on a bride's high table .