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

By sekitto kisakye

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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:-

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

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

Step1
Buy cassava, beans and its ingredients from your nearest market or seller
Step2
Get a clean basket, put your beans into it and pick the rocky/solid materials from them
Step3
Get a clean saucepan, put some water into it and then add your beans to wash.
Step4
After washing, put them into another clean saucepan containing water and put a cover at the top of your saucepan
Step5
Prepare your fire woods or charcoal to make fire.However make sure that your fire is enough according to the quantity of your beans.
Step6
After making fire, pour water into another clean saucepan, add your beans into it,put it on the fire place and begin to cook.
Step7
Prepare a clean saucepan containing water to put the pieces of cassava after peeling
Step8
Remove the outer coat and the inner skin of your cassava using your knife.
Step9
Cut your cassava into small pieces, put them into your saucepan containing water and wash
Step10
After washing, put the pieces of cassava into another clean saucepan and keep it in the safe place
Step11
After your beans gets ready, remove them from the fire place to add cassava
Step12
Get a big or medium size saucepan containing water,add the pieces of cassava and beans into it
Step13
Add water and cover it properly using atleast two to four pieces of banana leaves
Step14
Put it back on the fire place and continue to cook for atleast one hour
and above.
Step15
When you're still in the process of cooking, cut your onions and tomatoes into small pieces
Step16
After your food gets ready,remove it from the fire place and put it down for some minutes
Step17
Remove the banana leaves to produce out some smoke
Step18
Get a clean saucepan, put cooking oil or cheese into it,put it on the fire place and start to fry.
Step19
When your cooking oil or cheese gets ready,add onions and fry for atleast two to three minutes
Step20
Add tomatoes and continue to fry for atleast three and above minutes
Step21
Add salt,curry powder,and water.Then cook for atleast five minutes
Step22
After the above stated time, remove from the fire place and add it to your food
Step23
Put it back on the fire place and cook for atleast another 20 -30 minutes
Step24
When gets ready,remove it from the fire place and prepare to serve
Step25
After eating, wash your hands and take your plates to wash
Step26
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

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on 5/2/2008 I really enjoyed reading this article. Thank you.

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on 4/26/2008 I live in Chicago and have easy access to cassava and banana leaves - I will fortunately be able to try this out! Thank you for putting together this how-to article. Your writing style is very charming. The steps you've shown for how to prepare this dish almost let you visualize someone in Africa cooking this meal. I look forward to tasting the results!

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