swahili cuisine

Swahili Dishes are a mixture of Arab,Indian and portugese cultures.They consist of some generous amount of spices like cumin,cardamom,cloves,cinnamon,black pepper,chilli peppers,curry leaves,bay leaves,coriander,nutmeg together with a variety of staple food such as rice,ugali,cassava,beans,maize,chapati,mandazi e.t.c. Most of the coastal dishes are prepared with coconut milk.   Here are some of popular swahili food and snacks you can find in local houses,streets and cafes/restaurants of Mombasa: WALI : Kabsa it's the overall Swahili term referring to varieties of rices such as plain white rice,pilau,biryani,coconut rice,jasmine rice,oriental rice,kabsa,mandi,jollof rice,majboos,maqlooba and the list is endless...These are normally served with curry,condiments,pickles,or eaten plain . UGALI : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_plate_of_Ugali_with_fish_and_vegetables.jpg   also known as Sima. It's a combination of maize flour and water,normally  cooked by k