In Swahili, sukuma means “to push” and wiki “the week,” as in the day of the week. The name of this dish is a commentary on how cheap it is to prepare — cheap enough to push you through the week until ...

Kales popularly known as 'Sukuma Wiki' is the most affordable green vegetable to most Kenyans. You probably consume it at least twice a week and these are some of the benefits it has to your health. ' ...

Sukuma wiki (kale) is abundant in Kenya because it is easy to grow and can be grown almost anywhere. In slums, the crop is planted in sacks. Its green leaves sprout within a week, which makes the ...

Swahili for “pushing the week,” sukuma wiki is an affordable green vegetable dish that rounds out virtually every meal in Kenya. While many recipes call for cooking the greens in onions, Moju prefers ...

Sukuma wiki (collard greens) is a much-loved plant that is grown for both subsistence and commercial purposes. The vegetable has a ready market, is easy to grow and cook, thus making it a favourite ...

This recipe for Sukuma Wiki is featured in the Kenya section of In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean, written by Hawa ...

The English name for sukuma wiki is collard greens. It is a form of a cabbage where green leaves do not form a head. It is closer to the wild cabbage, than the domesticated cabbage. Sukuma wiki is ...

The Swahili phrase “sukuma wiki” means “push the week,” but what’s really being pushed is the family food budget. This is a great way to use up leftover meat. In Africa this dish might be made with ...

Sukuma wiki is the name given to Kale in Kenya. This leafy green vegetable is quite cheap. Many Kenyans frequently complement the staple food Ugali (mealie marsh) with it. Recent findings indicate ...

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