Main dishes are usually centred on beef, goat or mutton and the starch comes from ugali , or maize meal. Ugali is cooked up into a thick porridge until it sets hard. It's then served up in flat bricks. If that doesn't sound appealing, the country's tropical climate contributes to a healthy choice of fruits. Originally an Arab dish, it's wheat dough spread into a thin pancake, filled with minced meat and raw egg, and then folded into a neat parcel and fried on a hotplate.
Beer is probably the most widely available commodity across Uganda.
Pombe is a locally made fermented banana beer and waragi the local millet-based alcohol. Both can knock you around and give you a mean hangover. Lonely Planet Publications Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved.