nyama choma

{{short description|Grilled goat meat}}

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The nyama choma is a specialty of grilled or barbecued goat meat or cow meat. Roasted meat is very popular in Tanzania and Kenya, where it is considered the national dish.[https://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1974866_1974860_1974832,00.html Time] « Nairobi: 10 Things to Do: 6. Nyama Choma »], Time (consulté le 8 avril 2019). The expression nyama choma means "barbecue meat" in Kiswahili.Coco Wiseman, « Nyama choma (Kenyan grilled meat) », in African Cookbook: Coco Cooks Kenya, Springwood emedia {{ISBN|9781301841554}}. Nyama choma gatherings are informal with people convening around an open fire for any special occasion and at any occasion with a grill. Thus it is a social custom in much of Eastern Africa.

Preparation

Nyama choma traditions are very different from that of a barbecue, even if the method of food preparation is much similar.

In Kenya, goat meat is preferred, but beef is also used.{{in lang|en}} Coco Wiseman, « Nyama choma (Kenyan grilled meat) », in African Cookbook: Coco Cooks Kenya, Springwood emedia {{ISBN|9781301841554}}. Wood and charcoal is seen as the best method to cook the meat as compared to gas grills.

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Consumption

It is available in both roadside inns and larger restaurants. It is traditionally eaten with hands.

The side dishes are varied, but the most classic are salad kachumbari and ugali.

Notes and references

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Bibliography

  • Juliana Letara, James MacGregor et Ced Hesse, Estimating the Economic Significance of Pastoralism: The example of the « nyama choma » sector in Tanzania, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Edinburgh, November 2006, 20 p. [lire en ligne].
  • Coco Wiseman, « Nyama choma (Kenyan grilled meat) », in African Cookbook: Coco Cooks Kenya, Springwood emedia {{ISBN|9781301841554}}.

Annexes

Category:Meat dishes

Category:Kenyan cuisine

Category:Tanzanian cuisine

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