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 ...

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 ...

In Kenya, many people believe that the English translation for sukuma wiki is kale. This is not true. Kale or leaf cabbage has green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head ...

Sukuma Wiki is an African phrase that translates to “stretch the week,” acknowledging a vegetable that is affordable and available all year long. Instructions: Mash garlic and ginger, preferably with ...

When he returns to Spokane to see family, Nicholas Sironka often cooks and eats ugali, a white cornmeal dish like polenta, but thicker, and sukuma wiki, braised collard greens. Both are staples of ...

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