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15 Mouth-Watering Kenyan Dishes You Have to Try Before You Leave!
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items Kenyan foods to try on your next visit. From Nairobi street snacks to coastal plates, this list highlights flavor, tradition, and community. Taste Kenya like a local.
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Mouth Watering Snacks
Kenya's best mouth watering dishes
Mouth Watering Snacks
While walking the streets of Nairobi, make sure you try a mandazi, a chapo, a samosa, or a SMOCHA. You cannot say you visited Kenya without tasting these mouth watering snacks.
For snacks, try the mandazi with chai (tea) or coffee. Some of the mandazis are made to be sweet, and sometimes flavored as well :D Maybe vanilla? Try it and tell me what you thought?
Kenyan - Mandazi with Kenyan Chai Tea
Ever had a SMOCHA before? You have to try it before you leave. You cannot say you visited Kenya until you try this beautiful merge of Sausage, Kachumbari and Chapati
Kenya's Newest Food Sensation: Smocha Obsession.
SNACK: Another delicious snack - Kenyan samosa. Can be super spicy, medium or mild. Can also be beef or chicken. Mhmmhm leaves such a delicious taste in your mouth.
Kenyan Beef Samosas Recipe by Tasty
Chapati with Jam. If your in the house and need a snack, and all you have is chapati, add some preserves or some jam and watch it become the coolest snack ever!
Chapati And Jam Sandwich
Grab some corn/maize that has been grilled with chilli peppers - eat while warm/hot and its amazing.
Kenyan roast corn with chilli pepper and a dash of lemon ...
Mahamri's are similar to mandazi, but the difference can be tasted. Mahamri's have coconut milk, cardamom, yeast and milk. Mandazis, typically use baking powder, water and then can flavor with other spices.
Mahamri
Bhajias are handdown a snack and can be a food at the same time. Have them with a sauce and or a meal - either way they will fill you up.
Bhajias
Kenya's best mouth watering dishes
As you visit, someone will ask you to come and enjoy a meal at their house - look forward to one of these, because they are well seasoned, and soooo TAMU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DELICIOUS)
Try delicious Kenyan Chapati (different version of Indian Naan - flaky, flatter and mmmhm delicious) with some greens (spinach or sukuma wiki) and some meat.
A Dish from Kenya, Sukuma Wiki with Chapati - The Noshery
HOSPITALITY in Kenya is amazing, you will not leave Kenya without a new friend encouraging you to come visit, and they will probably share some Ugali, Skuma/Spinach and some stew. Enjoy the organic food, it is great for you and we know how to season ...
Recipes: Kenyan Beef Stew, Ugali & Sukuma
I am not a big fan of fish, but YOOOOOO make sure you try some Tilapia stew!!!
Tilapia Fish Stew Recipe (among stories of a cheeky childhood)
Don't eat meat? Yeah - I know we love Meat in Kenya, but we have vegan options also, try ndengu/green grams or even lentile stews - and you wont even miss meat at all.
Ndengu Stew - Kenyan Green Grams Stew With Chapati
If you want to try a local dish, this is from the Kikuyu - its called Githeri - it will give you energy you didn't know you needed! Try it out.
Home made, Fried beans & corn. We call it "githeri" in Kenya 🇰🇪 : r/VeganFoodPorn
DO NOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY until you have tried Pilau masala with some kachumbari. Thank me when you have tried it. Life changing isn't it?
KENYAN BEEF PILAU with FRESH KACHUMBARI
Mukimo (Kikuyu) dish, made of mashed potatoes, greens and corn. You will wonder how you lived without it!
Mukimo, Kenyan Mashed Potatoes And Greens - Food For The Soul
Yummy Biriyani…tasty , flavorful - don't miss.
Swahili Chicken Biriyani, an Easy Main Course