Malewa

Malewa is a specialty delicacy from Eastern Uganda common among the Bagisu people, a Bantu tribe settled around Mhale, Bulambuli, Manafwa. Bududa and Sironko. It is ever present feature on big ocasslons like wedding ceremonies and Imbalu or circumciscision festivals. Malewa is prepared from air dried smoked bamboo shoots giving it a rich flavor, it is mixed either with simslm or groundnut paste giving it a thick rich taste and feel. Malewa can be eaten with almost any Meal like rice, posbo, matooke, sweet potatoes, cassava. The locals in Bugisu commonly eat it with matooke and sweet potatoes.