ugali
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- noun
- /uˈɡɑːli/
- UK
- It is there that I know whether I put little salt, oil, or if the ugali I make is still lacking in an area.
- ugali, an African porridge
Examples
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At his coeducational school, the boarders eat ugali—a traditional porridge of maize and water—every day, along with vegetables and milk.
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Under the tin roof of the canteen, parents had prepared huge pots of ugali and beans, from which they were preparing to ladle servings into the plastic dishes the pupils carry to and from school on their heads.
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The dry fragments are ground into a powder and mixed with water to make a thick, white, pasty porridge known as ugali.
Synonyms
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Small dried grains of pasta made from crushed wheat and sold in packets
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A grainy flour made from fermented cassava root that people eat as a staple food
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Etymology
The word ugali comes from East Africa, from Swahili and other local languages where it names a thick maize porridge people eat every day. So ugali is best remembered as a plain, firm 'porridge' that is a basic, filling food in Kenya and nearby countries.