Rwanda
Sweet Potato Pudding
Sweet pudding made from mashed sweet potatoes, sugar, and spices, baked until set; a Rwandan dessert using the country's staple root crop; soft, sweet, and orange-hued from the sweet potato.
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Tomato Onion Salad
Kachumbari
A Kenyan fresh tomato and onion salsa with chili and lime, the essential nyama choma companion
Burundi
Ubrobe
Dried cassava meal mixed with water to form a thick paste, then wrapped in banana leaves and steamed until solid; a dense, slightly sour cassava staple similar to Congolese chikuanga, eaten with stews and sauces.
Burundi
Ubugari
Cassava flour cooked into a stiff dough with water, the Rwandan version of ugali made primarily from cassava rather than maize; eaten with beans, isombe, or meat stews; the carbohydrate base of the Rwandan meal.
Rwanda
Umutsima
Gluten-free cake made from cassava flour and corn flour, baked into a dense, slightly sweet dessert; served at weddings, events, and celebrations; a uniquely Rwandan confection using the country's staple crops.
Southern Burundi (Rumonge / Bururi), Burundi
Vin de Palme
Fermented sap tapped from oil palm trees in southern Burundi; sweet and milky when fresh, turning sharper and more alcoholic as it ferments through the day; consumed at gatherings in the Rumonge and Bururi regions.