Food of Uganda
Ugandan cooking centers on matoke (steamed green bananas), groundnut sauces, beans and fresh fish from the lakes. Meals are hearty and mild, with tomato-onion stews and grilled meat, and the famous rolex has made Ugandan street food known beyond its borders. Gatherings often feature a mix of starches, sauces and greens served together.
- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (1)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- matoke
- cassava
- sweet potato
- beans
- millet
- tilapia
- groundnuts
Signature flavors
- groundnuts
- tomato
- onion
- curry powder
- ginger
- lemon
Main dishes
Steamed green bananas, served mashed or stewed.
Key ingredients: green bananas, tomato, onionFull guide →
Meat or chicken steamed in banana leaves with groundnut sauce, a classic Buganda dish.
Key ingredients: chicken, banana leaves, groundnut
Stiff maize meal with a bean stew.
Key ingredients: maize flour, beansRich peanut sauce served with matoke or sweet potato.
Key ingredients: groundnuts, onionMix of matoke or cassava with beef or offal.
Key ingredients: matoke, beef, tomatoA traditional dish of Uganda made with tilapia, lemon, pepper, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: tilapia, lemon, pepperSour greens stew from the north.
Key ingredients: sorrel leaves, groundnut pasteA traditional dish of Uganda made with rice, beef, cloves, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: rice, beef, clovesA traditional dish of Uganda made with beef or goat, salt, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: beef or goat, saltBreakfast
A traditional breakfast dish of Uganda made with egg, chapati, tomato, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: egg, chapati, tomato, cabbageFull guide →
A traditional breakfast dish of Uganda made with flour, sugar, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: flour, sugarFull guide →A traditional breakfast dish of Uganda made with millet, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: milletStreet food
A traditional street snack of Uganda made with flour, oil, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: flour, oilA traditional street snack of Uganda made with chapati, beans, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: chapati, beansA traditional street snack of Uganda made with corn, plantain, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: corn, plantain
A traditional street snack of Uganda made with flour, beef, onion, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: flour, beef, onionFull guide →Soups
Light broth with fresh lake fish.
Key ingredients: fish, tomatoSalads
A traditional salad of Uganda made with tomato, onion, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: tomato, onionDesserts and sweets
Sweet, dense cake made with local sugar.
Key ingredients: flour, sugarDrinks
A traditional drink of Uganda made with tea, milk, ginger, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: tea, milk, gingerA traditional drink of Uganda made with passion fruit, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: passion fruitA traditional drink of Uganda made with coffee, enjoyed at home and from local vendors.
Key ingredients: coffeeFruits and produce
Green cooking bananas, the national staple.
Key ingredients: banana
Jackfruit is a well-loved fruit or crop in Uganda, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: jackfruitFull guide →
Mango is a well-loved fruit or crop in Uganda, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: mangoFull guide →
Pineapple is a well-loved fruit or crop in Uganda, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: pineappleFull guide →
Passion fruit is a well-loved fruit or crop in Uganda, eaten fresh or used in juices, snacks and home cooking.
Key ingredients: passion fruitFull guide →Dish guides from Uganda
More cuisines of Eastern Africa
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Matooke to the market: Sagiomhza, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chicken Luwombo: Namuganyi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ugali & Sukuma Wiki: Paresh Jai from Nairobi, Kenya, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rolex wrap: Roxanne.heston, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bowl of mandazi: The original uploader was ChildofMidnight at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2 Chapati warm and ready to be eaten: KittyKaht from Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Samosas, snack food at Wikipedia's 16th Birthday celebration in Chittagong (01): Moheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The jackfruit is holding on to the tree: This work was made by Tushar Hossain and released under the license(s) stated below. Please feel free to use it for any, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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