Uganda

Ask what Uganda eats and the answer starts with this: steamed matooke with groundnut sauce defines the table; chapati street snacks, grasshopper delicacies and banana brews abound. Look for Matooke (green bananas steamed in leaves and mashed, served with groundnut sauce), Rolex (chapati rolled around fried eggs, tomato and cabbage) and Luwombo (chicken, beef or groundnuts steamed in banana leaves; royal Buganda dish). East African Highland bananas, steamed in their own leaves, are the Buganda staple; Uganda eats more banana per person than any other country. This atlas has 30 Uganda dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.