{{short description|Ugandan cuisine made of chapatti and beans}} {{Infobox food | name = Kikomando | image = Kikomando_ekyaddala.jpg | image_size = 250 | image_alt = kikomando | country = Uganda | region = East Africa | national_cuisine = Uganda | year = Early 2000s | main_ingredient = Chapati and fried beans }}
'''Kikomando''' is a Ugandan dish consisting of chapati and beans.<ref name="Ken Albala">{{Cite book |title=Food Cultures of The World Encyclopedia |last=Albala |first=Ken |publisher=Greenwood |year=2011 |isbn=9780313376276 |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |pages=207 |oclc=727739841}}</ref><ref name="Demand Africa">{{Cite web |url=https://www.demandafrica.com/food/check-out-ugandas-most-popular-foods/ |title=Check out Uganda's Most Popular Foods |date=2018-12-13 |website=Demand Africa |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606195111/https://www.demandafrica.com/food/check-out-ugandas-most-popular-foods/ |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> It is a variant of the rolex. This dish was created in the early 2000s.<ref name="Monitor">{{Cite web |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Dining---Recipes/691226-1616912-q17kk4z/index.html |title=Kikomando made in Uganda |date=2012-11-11 |website=Daily Monitor |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606195931/https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Dining---Recipes/691226-1616912-q17kk4z/index.html |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref><ref name="Taste Atlas">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/kikomando |title=Kikomando |website=www.tasteatlas.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606200133/https://www.tasteatlas.com/kikomando |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref>
==Origin== The name, kikomando, was coined by Ugandan singer, Bobi Wine, who sang about the dish in one of his songs.<ref name="Monitor" /><ref name="Taste Atlas" /> Ugandans claim that eating kikomando will make the eater strong like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his movie, ''Commando''.<ref name="Business Insider">{{Cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-street-food-in-40-countries-2016-1 |title=The Best Street Food in 40 Countries Around the World |last=Scott |first=Audrey |date=2016-01-28 |website=Business Insider |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606211338/https://www.businessinsider.com/best-street-food-in-40-countries-2016-1?IR=T |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref><ref name="Dispatch">{{Cite web |url=http://dispatch.ug/2017/12/15/uganda-food-experience-rolex-kikomando/ |title=Uganda Food Experience - Rolex and Kikomando |date=2017-12-15 |website=Kampala Dispatch |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606211520/http://dispatch.ug/2017/12/15/uganda-food-experience-rolex-kikomando/ |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Demand Africa" /><ref name="World Travel Guide">{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/uganda/food-and-drink/ |title=Uganda Food and Drink |website=World Travel Guide |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606204423/https://www.worldtravelguide.net/guides/africa/uganda/food-and-drink/ |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> In addition to fried beans, other variations of kikomando have avocado, meat stew, gravy, chicken, or liver added to them.<ref name="Taste Atlas" /> This dish is served both in street food stalls and in higher-end restaurants in the country.<ref name="Monitor" /><ref name="Chwezi Traveller">{{Cite web |url=https://www.chwezitraveller.com/featured/5-simple-ugandan-snacks-anyone-can-make/ |title=Ugandan Snacks: 5 of The Simplest Anyone Can Make |date=2018-05-18 |website=Chwezi Traveller |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606205648/https://www.chwezitraveller.com/featured/5-simple-ugandan-snacks-anyone-can-make/ |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> It is popular among university students because of its affordability as a meal.<ref name="Campus Bee">{{Cite web |url=https://campusbee.ug/lifestyle/kyambogo-university-the-haven-of-cheap-food/ |title=Kyambogo university, the haven of cheap food |date=2016-03-22 |website=Campus Bee |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606210524/https://campusbee.ug/lifestyle/kyambogo-university-the-haven-of-cheap-food/ |archive-date=2019-06-06 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref>
== Read also ==
* Sombe * Eshabwe * Malewa * Firinda
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Category:Ugandan cuisine