Cooking Kenyan Food in America | How I Make It Work 👩🏾‍🍳

Being far away from home isn't easy, so I try to make my time here as enjoyable as possible by cooking foods that I love from back home! In this video I show you how you can still make the best ugali, sukuma wiki and beef stew while abroad and which foreign products you can use to substitute your recipes.

[@donnel8944]

This food brings back memories from when I was younger. My Kenyan mum would always make this dish for me and it is amazing, however being in foster care meant I've lost slot of my culture. Thank you very much I now can carry on my culture as a Kikuyu making my favourite food 🇰🇪♥️

[@gracekamau5098]

Sorry to hear that, I hope this recipe helps you connect more to your Kenyan upbringing. All the best 🙏🏾

[@allyellis9857]

Thank you! My husbands Kenyan and I want to be able to cook Kenyan food for him.

[@gracekamau5098]

Kenyan food is simple and fun to make. I’ll also be making more videos showing how to make mandazi, chapati, etc.

[@khadijaali2476]

Thank you for showing us a tried and tested substitute for unga! I’m off to the grocery store! Good work!!!

[@CamerasEverywhere]

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[@swarobrown8335]

Thank you so much for posting this video. It helped me out tremendously! My Kenyan boyfriend loved the meal!

[@gracekamau5098]

I’m glad it helped you and he enjoyed it!

[@charliesummers9868]

Whole milk or a little bit of cream makes the meat really tender and juicy, if you add it after the stew is simmering in the juices but it takes a few hours

[@peterwanjihia2372]

Nice one .. your Swahili is great as well ..."Amarekeni"..

[@devinmunjiru]

Hahaa sasaaa a. Yu sound so nice well me nitakusupport ju subscribers wako chini... Just promise we'll link up on every vid yu post

[@SONVLOG426]

Thanks for the tips of cooking.

[@kaledi-dia]

You could wash meat too, befor cooking. I will try this food

[@gracekamau5098]

I washed it off camera

[@epramatarov]

Thank you for this, I can’t wait to make it.

[@gracekamau5098]

Of course 🙏🏾 let me know how it turns out!

[@rizikimaloba4191]

Hey nice video :) do you use the whole glass of salt water for the meat ?

[@달콤한사랑-n8b]

Woww this is like an super easy meal I love ugali ♥️♥️

[@keziahm679]

Wewe Asante Sana mwana. Nime pika. Ni mzuri.

[@catherinemacharia5201]

can I just say the music in the background is very patriotic lol,love it,and I am a new subbie!!(a year late but haidhuru🤪)

[@gracekamau5098]

Glad you liked it! And welcome to my channel :)

[@Saga-or5li]

Asante, but that was not two teaspoons of tomato paste, I think it was two knives of the paste. I love this dish

[@philip27650]

This looks sooo delicious!!

[@gracekamau5098]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@Fashiongodies]

Thank you darling this looks good

[@gracekamau5098]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@justcookdccorpa]

Wow. Asante. Great work

[@gracekamau5098]

justcookdc corpa karibu!

[@danielmachuca8171]

EEEYYY You went to UT Dallas!!! I have that same shirt!!

[@gracekamau5098]

Daniel Machuca whoosh!! ☄️☄️

[@kabena6401]

Girl you can’t play Esir in the back I was getting so distracted 😂

[@gracekamau5098]

I had to for the real ones that know 😂

[@lukewalsh4408]

Omg can u please tell me what those songs are u play in back round!!! 😀🙏.. 🌺🪴🌴

[@theosantana7750]

I miss Ugali.. can u make Fufu west african version. New Sub here 👊🏿

[@gracekamau5098]

Welcome, thanks for the sub! 🙏🏾 I may try it in the future but I worry I wouldn’t do it justice 😅

[@mikemurdoch9653]

Being Canadian, can you explain Ryico(Riko) I'm sure I destroyed that word :)

[@gracekamau5098]

Hey Mike! Lol no worries. Royco is a company that makes beef bouillon cubes back in Kenya. It’s great especially when making beef stews to get a richer flavor. Hope that helps with your question!

[@SAMIRASAID360]

It would be nice if you started a teaching channel for Swahili with cc

[@megarobloxhawk462]

That looks yumi

[@jenniepeach6764]

my mom makes this so ima learn

[@gracekamau5098]

It's one of the simpler Kenyan recipes so I'm sure you'll enjoy making it!

[@Ithunammaoor]

Amazing food

[@gracekamau5098]

Thank you!

[@melzim6670]

Kenyan meals are super similar to Zimbabwean recipes

[@gracekamau5098]

Yes they are

[@tumbox9204]

Have you tried mexican stores for unga?

[@kevkamau1707]

Looks delicious 😋

[@gracekamau5098]

Thank you

[@ablaka1888]

Good video, but you should give the ingredients before, some of them you didn't mention it before

[@gatheramatoro5849]

Nice... Umejaribu sana

[@gracekamau5098]

x x Asante Sana!

[@paula_green2478]

you don't wash your meat and kales?? Damn gurl .... food looks yummy though

[@bettymwangi4092]

Same way kama home.

[@kenyancookingabroad]

Hii inakaa tamu sana.

[@altonwilliams7273]

When are you going to upload more videos :(

[@gracekamau5098]

JamalDontCare very soon!! 💕

[@user-ix8dg6fs5g]

جميل ...تحياتي

[@kimberlytv7895]

Umetoa sukuma wapi na vile nimezitafuta,nikipata begu zake naeza furahi

[@gracekamau5098]

Lol 😂 Hakuna hajaa ya kutafuta mbegu. Nunua tuu chopped kale ama spinach kwenye frozen isle ya Supa. Haina tafauti na sukuma.

[@allyellis9857]

About how much cornmeal do you use?

[@gracekamau5098]

When making ugali, I use the water as my guide for how much I’m making. The water you put in the pot is essentially how much ugali you want to make. The cornmeal doesn’t have a specific measurement because you add as you go while monitoring the consistency of your ugali. So I pour small amounts of cornmeal while simultaneously breaking the pieces apart with my wooden spoon to prevent clumping. Add slowly ensuring that no cornmeal pockets are forming until the ugali thickens and you can just focus on breaking apart all the cornmeal pockets.

[@allyellis9857]

@@gracekamau5098 thanks so much! This is so helpful. I’m going to make all of this sometime this week! Thank you!

[@amitsangwan6187]

Nice Video Grace Sister जी आपको कोटि कोटि प्रणाम 🙏🙏ओर आदर सत्कार 🙏🙏!!

[@gracekamau5098]

Thanks Amit, glad you enjoyed it

[@abdula7137]

ehhhhhhh........ warrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaahhhhhhh

[@DJ_NOCTURNAL]

Are there supposed to be spices in this dish? I was genuinely surprised with the seasoning, it's very, well.. britsh

[@tnmlukenya]

Kenyans in general do not appreciate too many spices in their food and this doesn't make it any less tasty! It's all about quality, organic ingredients and the cooking technique. Plus we love the original taste of individual foods and do not disguise this with gazillion spices. Hope that explains