Matoke Try Ugandan Food on Safari, When in Uganda on safari you can take the chance to taste some of the typical Ugandan food. One of the staple foods here is matoke. Which are green bananas (cooking plantain) that are eaten in a way similar to potatoes. When travelling in Uganda’s countryside during a Uganda Safari with us. You are sure to pass by fields of banana plantations and farmers transporting their matoke bunches on bikes to be sold. As this is one of the most common foods there are different ways to serve it. Some typical ones being mashed with groundnut sauce (a type of peanuts made in to sauce), mixed with beans as katogo or steamed in banana leafs with meat and vegetables as oluwombo.
Of the different matoke dishes oluwombo is probably the one that stands out as most special to a visitor. Traditionally it was served during royal dinners and cooked during holidays. When cooking oluwombo fresh banana leaves are used to make a package of matoke, meat and vegetables. That is put inside a pot to steam for hours over a charcoal stove. Matoke in itself doesn’t taste that much so in this dish the tastes come from groundnut sauce and bitter tomatoes. Take the chance to taste matoke when you are in Uganda on safari. Getting a bit closer to the culture and life.
