Katogo is real Ugandan food. It means “one plate meal”, so that we can eat different meal day by day. I ate a plate with Mucheli (plane rice), Nyama (meat stew), Nakati (sauteed spinach) and Matoke (boiled banana (non sweet one)). It is often served as breakfast and very cheap.
Banana
When I saw the scenery on the bus road, I saw only banana forest. Banana, banana, banana. It is Uganda. Principal food is also banana.
Posho
Posho is cooked maiz meal with hot water, same as Ugali in Tanzania, Shima in Mozambique, Pap in South Africa and Namibia. Ugandan Posho is a little bit hard texture, so that it is good to eat with some soups.
Nyama ya mbuzi
‘Nyama’ is a Kiswahili term for meat, ‘ya’ is of, and ‘mbuzi’ is goat. Skewered grill meat like Kebabs are very popular street food and often sold through the bus window.
Stew
Ugandan stew is pure, clear soup. Tomatoes and onions has been melt and beef/goat meat is so much tender! I ate it with Matoke (mushed banana) and Posho (cooked corm meal).
Matoke, Matooke
Banana dishes are the ‘King’ of all foods in Uganda. Green bananas are actually not sweet, so that people love them as staple meal. Matoke is boiled and mashed green bananas and accompanied with other meals such as stews.