Kikomando

Place of origin	Uganda
Region or state	East Africa
Associated cuisine	Uganda
Invented	Early 2000s
Main ingredients	Chapati and fried beans

Kikomando is a Ugandan dish consisting of chapati and beans. ^{[1] [2]} It is a variant of the rolex. This dish was created in the early 2000s. ^{[3] [4]}

Origin

The name, kikomando, was coined by Ugandan singer, Bobi Wine, who sang about the dish in one of his songs. ^{[3] [4]} Ugandans claim that eating kikomando will make the eater strong like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his movie, Commando. ^{[5] [6]} Kikomando is made by cutting up pieces of Ugandan chapati, which is different from Indian chapati in that it is made with all-purpose flour instead of whole-wheat flour, and fried beans. ^{[2] [7]} In addition to fried beans, other variations of kikomando have avocado, meat stew, gravy, chicken, or liver added to them. ^[4] This dish is served both in street food stalls and in higher-end restaurants in the country. ^{[3] [8]} It is popular among university students because of its affordability as a meal. ^[9]

Read also

• Sombe
• Eshabwe
• Malewa
• Firinda

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