Celtnet Kenyan Recipes Home Page





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

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Kenya and its Cuisine

Kenya, officially: Jamhuri ya Kenya; Republic of Kenya is an East African country where the oldest hominid (human-like) fossils have been found. Evidence suggests that the direct evolutionary ancestors of modern humans arose in this country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi and he country gained independence from Britain on December 12th 1963 and declared itself a republic on December 12th 1964. The country has considerable ethnic diversity and the main groups are: Gky 18%, Luhya 15%, Luo 14%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 7%, Ameru 6%, Somali 3%, other African (including Swahili people, Pokomo, Giriama, Rabai, Duruma, Chonyi, Digo, Kauma, Taita, Meru, Turkana, Orma (Oromo), Wasanye, Wanyoyaya, Borana, Rendille, El Moran, Malakote, Embu, Teso, Gabra, Ndorobo, Maasai) 13%, non-African (Asian/Desi, Anglo-African/European, and Arab) 1%. Official languages are Swahili and English.

As well as native cuisines, Kenyan cooking has been influenced by Indian and British influences. A feature of Kenyan (and much of Swahili cookery) is the use of curry powder and the staples are plantains and thick meals made from maize, millet or sorghum, such as ugali. These are often served with stews or grilled meats. Fresh fruit are often used as a dessert.



The alphabetical list of recipes from Kenya follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 32 recipes in total:


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Baked Millet Biscuits
     Origin: Kenya
Kariokor Nyama ya Kuchoma
(Barbecued Meat, as in the Nairobi Market)
     Origin: Kenya
Mombasa Coffee
     Origin: Kenya
Baked Millet Flour Bread
     Origin: Kenya
Kenyan Beef Stew
     Origin: Kenya
Mombasa Pumpkin Dessert
     Origin: Kenya
Baked Plantain On The Shell
     Origin: Kenya
Kenyan Chicken Tikka
     Origin: Kenya
Mtuza wa Samaki
(Baked Curried Fish)
     Origin: Kenya
Bilingani la Kukaanga
(Fried Cauliflower)
     Origin: Kenya
Kenyan Pilau Rice
     Origin: Kenya
Nyama na Irio
(Meat with Corn)
     Origin: Kenya
Crunchy N'Dizi
(Crunchy Bananas)
     Origin: Kenya
Kenyan Samosas
     Origin: Kenya
Oysters Mombassa
     Origin: Kenya
Dengu
(Green Lentil Stew)
     Origin: Kenya
Kuku na Nazi
(Chicken with Coconut Milk)
     Origin: Kenya
Safari Steak
     Origin: Kenya
Green Banana or Plantain Chips
     Origin: Kenya
Kunde
(Bean and Peanut Stew)
     Origin: Kenya
Saladi
     Origin: Kenya
Grima Fish Curry
     Origin: Kenya
M'Baazi
     Origin: Kenya
Saladi ya Nyana
(Tomato Salad)
     Origin: Kenya
Imfulafula
(Pineapple Beer)
     Origin: Kenya
M'bazi
(Pea Beans, Nairobi Style)
     Origin: Kenya
Steamed Millet Bread
     Origin: Kenya
Irio
     Origin: Kenya
Maharagwe
(Spiced Red Beans in Coconut Milk)
     Origin: Kenya
Vegetable Curry
     Origin: Kenya
Karamu Chicken
     Origin: Kenya
Meat on a Stick
     Origin: Kenya

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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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Recipe Information: 35

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Recipe Information: 5

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By gwydion | Published 2008-10-25 13:03:03 | 2008 Recipes and Cookery Articles |

Recipe Information: 56

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