DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Posho
Firm maize-meal posho with the bean accompaniment documented at Kibebe Primary School.
About Posho
Posho is a firm Ugandan maize-meal staple. Chloe Mackean's account of everyday cooking at Kibebe Primary School documents it with a spiced bean accompaniment.
The maize and water form a dense, pale mound. Common beans, onion and tomato supply the accompanying stew, seasoned with curry powder, dried ginger and ground cumin.
The meal appears as a familiar school lunch in her firsthand account, with cooking shared among the people on site. Plain-tasting posho and the seasoned beans occupy distinct parts of the same serving.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Posho
Kibebe school-style Ugandan posho with beans.
- Maize flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- Dried common beansAccompaniment
- OnionAccompaniment
- TomatoAccompaniment
- Curry powderAccompaniment
- Dried gingerAccompaniment
- Ground cuminAccompaniment
- Cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Maize flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual39-41 maize flour; exact colour/grind not forced.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32/40 and bean soak/boil44-45, posho51 literal water consolidated.
- Dried common beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual33 original dried common beans, not optional canned substitution27. Exact named variety unprovided.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Curry powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual36 named prepared compound; no full blend formula or brand supplied, no guessed allergens.
- Dried ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual37 dried ginger, no inferred powder form.
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual38 cumin powder literal.
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method47 explicit oil for bean aromatics, type unprovided, not forced vegetable/peanut oil.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Uganda
- UgandaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Ugandan Cuisine
- Ugandan CuisineCatalogue link pending review