How to cook a ugandan traditional food called ''Katogo"

The term katogo is a luganda word means a mixture of cassava, yams,sweet potatoes or banana with beans,meat or groundnuts.This food is mostly common in rural areas where poverty is the key to the big population and it's the main food for the low income earners.However cooking it is not a simple task that requires time and the necessary ingredients to make it sweet.Therefore today we are going to learn how to cook the katogo of cassava with beans and here is how:-

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Onions
• Cassava
• Tomatoes
• Beans
• Cooking oil or cheese
• Curry powder

1. Buy cassava, beans and its ingredients from your nearest market or seller

2. Get a clean basket, put your beans into it and pick the rocky/solid materials from them

3. Get a clean saucepan, put some water into it and then add your beans to wash.

4. After washing, put them into another clean saucepan containing water and put a cover at the top of your saucepan

5. Prepare your fire woods or charcoal to make fire.However make sure that your fire is enough according to the quantity of your beans.

6. After making fire, pour water into another clean saucepan, add your beans into it,put it on the fire place and begin to cook.

7. Prepare a clean saucepan containing water to put the pieces of cassava after peeling

8. Remove the outer coat and the inner skin of your cassava using your knife.

9. Cut your cassava into small pieces, put them into your saucepan containing water and wash

10. After washing, put the pieces of cassava into another clean saucepan and keep it in the safe place

11. After your beans gets ready, remove them from the fire place to add cassava

12. Get a big or medium size saucepan containing water,add the pieces of cassava and beans into it

13. Add water and cover it properly using atleast two to four pieces of banana leaves

14. Put it back on the fire place and continue to cook for atleast one hour
    and above.

15. When you're still in the process of cooking, cut your onions and tomatoes into small pieces

16. After your food gets ready,remove it from the fire place and put it down for some minutes

17. Remove the banana leaves to produce out some smoke

18. Get a clean saucepan, put cooking oil or cheese into it,put it on the fire place and start to fry.

19. When your cooking oil or cheese gets ready,add onions and fry for atleast two to three minutes

20. Add tomatoes and continue to fry for atleast three and above minutes

21. Add salt,curry powder,and water.Then cook for atleast five minutes

22. After the above stated time, remove from the fire place and add it to your food

23. Put it back on the fire place and cook for atleast another 20 -30 minutes

24. When gets ready,remove it from the fire place and prepare to serve

25. After eating, wash your hands and take your plates to wash

26. After washing,keep them in the safe place and rest for some minutes in order to allow your food function well into your body.Here you may call it a day

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid adding too much salt into your Katogo to make it sweet

[PJSandAMovie]

on 8/8/2009 Sound yummy!

[grimsleygl]

on 7/31/2009 I had the privilege of going to Uganda twice and staying in a small village about 45 minute's ride from Kampala. I loved every minute of it, the people and the food! Thank you so much for this recipe! 5*'s and a recommend.

[gahazeleyes]

on 5/10/2009 Thanks. This sounds interesting.

[MrsPerrin]

on 3/2/2009 Sounds terrific.

[LilacGirl]

on 1/9/2009 Very tasty I'm sure. I loved reading about how to prepare this traditional African dish.