Kenya: Menu of Typical Dishes
A list of typical Kenyan dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Kenyan-style meal, party or festival.
Typical Kenyan Dishes
Vichangamsha Kinywa (Snacks and Appetizers)
- Mahindi ya Kuchoma (Roast corn on the cob)
- Samosas (Deep-fried potato pastries)
Saladi (Salads)
- Kachumbari (Cabbage salad)
Supu na Michuzi (Soups and Stews)
- Karanga (Meat and potato stew)
Kuku (Poultry)
- Kuku Choma (Roast chicken)
- Kuku na Nazi (Chicken with coconut milk)
Nyama (Meats)
- Kariokor (Barbequed meat)
- Kima (Ground beef stew)
- Mutura and Mahu (Kenyan sausage)
- Nyama Choma (Fire-roasted beef)
- Nyama na Irio (Steak with potato-pea puree)
Samaki (Fish and Seafood)
- Mtuzi wa Samaki (Fish in coconut curry)
- Ngege (Tilapia)
- Omena Stew (Dried-fish and tomato stew)
- Samaki wa Kukaanga (Spicy fried fish fillets)
Mboga na Maharagwe (Vegetables and Beans)
- Githeri (Corn and beans)
- Kunde (Black-eyed peas and tomatoes)
- Irio (Mashed, peas, potatoes and corn)
- Matoke (Simmered plantains)
- M'Baazi (Black-eyed peas with coconut milk)
- Mukimo (Mashed beans, corn, potatoes and greens)
- Ndizi (Bananas cooked in banana leaves)
- Sukuma Wiki (Greens simmered with tomatoes)
- Yam Stew
Mikate na Mapunje (Breads and Grains)
- Chapati (Wholewheat flatbread)
- Kabuli (Rice pilaf with dried seafood)
- Pilau (Rice pilaf with meat)
- Ugali (Cornmeal mush)
- Wali wa Nazi (Coconut rice)
Tamu (Desserts)
- Kashata (Coconut sweets)
- Maandazi (Fried pastries)
- Omukati kwe Lisotsi (Banana cornmeal cake)
Vinywaji (Beverages)
- Chai (Spiced tea)
- Changaa (Home-brewed beer)
- Kahawa (Coffee)
- Maziwa Lala (Soured milk)
- Mnazi (Palm wine)
- Muratina (Sausage tree fruit beer)
Chamshakinywa (Breakfast)
- Uji (Fermented porridge)
