Plantains for matoke

Matoke is the Swahili word used to describe both, plantain as well as a meal prepared with it. The locals boil the plantains covered with the own leaves and mash them after that. Easy, nutritional, cheap and really tasty. Give it a try!

I recently took this great shot of a lady preparing “matoke” (Swahili mean. plantain) for a wedding in the church of my friend Job Matimbai, in Chwele.

Plantains to prepare matoke. PICTURE: PRIVATE.

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To Nkoroi with Gladys

Back to Nairobi I had to meet Gladys again (see post "How I met Gladys). And I did!

We celebrated the New Year's Eve together in the club K1 in Westland. Being in Nairobi it's a good option for partying.
On the next day, and my last day in Nairobi and Africa at all, she invited me to meet her family. We took a matatu and headed to Nkoroi in the outskirts of Nairobi, where her mum lives.

In the matatu on the way to Nkoroi.

I was most welcome and invited for lunch. Then I got to know "mukimo", kind of mashed potato with beans, corn and green leaves, and "kachumbari", a tomato and onions salad. And "capati" couldn't miss. Really tasty!

Capati bread and mukimo. Hmm!

All family was very friendly and welcoming. Gladys showed me all the stuff her mum grows on her backyard and introduced me to her sisters, with whom I had a good talk. Oh! They also helped me out with the transport from Nairobi to the airport.

Gladys' mum.

... and the whole family.

... not without me.

Gladys Ndung'u Wangari.

Happy day!

Lovely people! Thank you so much.

Cheers everyone!

More from the Kenyan kitchen

Unfortunately in B&W. Had the wrong settings for the camera.

This time I come to you with more delicacies of the Kenyan kitchen.

Meal of the day: cooked mashed bananas (ndizi ponder in Kibokuso), ugali (corn flour stirred in boiling water) and pumpkin leaves cooked (mshebebe in Kibokuso).