The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook
SHOPPING LIST FOR KENYA RECIPES
Meat:
2 lbs. tender cut of beef
Dairy:
1 quart of vanilla ice cream (for dessert: optional)
Produce:
10 tamarind pods or 1/2 c. tamarind paste (to taste)
1 whole fresh habanero pepper
1” length fresh ginger, minced
3 large yellow onions, chopped
2 large carrots, cut into chunks
2 underripe
plantains, cut into chunks
3 large bunches of spinach or 1 of kale/collard
greens
3 tomatoes (preferably roma)
1 garlic, if desired
1/2 c. raisins
mango,
bananas, pineapple - fruit for dessert
Grains:
2 c. white corn meal - optional if you're doing corn meal
3 c. white
jasmine rice - optional if you're doing coconut rice
Miscellaneous:
2 T sugar, preferably brown
3-1/4 c. flour - optional if you're doing chapati
1 c. vegetable
stock
1 t. cardamom
1 t. cumin
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. allspice cayenne or black
pepper
salt
vegetable oil
butter
8 c. coconut milk
1-1/3 lbs. kidney beans
(soaked overnight and rinsed or 4 c. canned beans)
Beverages:
White Cap, Tulsner or Pilsner lagers
Coca Cola or Fanta
