Sukuma Wiki

Sukuma wiki is an affordable East African collard-greens dish and a Kenyan everyday staple. This profile fixes Kenyan food writer Kiano Moju's simple family version with tomato, onion and ginger, choosing olive oil from the recipe's two oil options.

Collard greens bring a robust earthy bitterness, softened by sweet onion and juicy tomato. Fresh ginger gives the otherwise direct seasoning a bright peppery edge, while olive oil rounds the greens and salt sharpens their flavour.

The greens are cut into fine ribbons and cook down into a moist, loose mound. They remain deep green with visible red tomato and pale onion, and may retain a slight bite rather than becoming completely soft.