The Indian influence on Kenya’s food culture #shorts

[SamPat-ewxp]

This is exactly one of the dishes my mother makes on a weekly basis .

[dibyoghosh]

I’m Bengali from India, and this is something we would eat at home often. I’m positively surprised to know that it made its way into Kenya as well! 🙂

[ohmychocolates]

As a telugu person the moment i heard him say ndengu i choked on water 💀

[j]

We're South African, and my husband says Kenya has some of the best Indian food he has ever had.

[alawiat]

Many of the Indian workers didn't 'come' to Kenya; they were shipped out or coerced to go work in horrific conditions. Thousands died building the railways.

Dish looks amazing, but the history is a bit more complex then what you've described.

[Bighulk]

As an the staple food in almost all parts of India....there are waaayy many different variants to this and all tastes amazing!!

[shreeniwaz]

Glad to know that our Kenyan brothers and sisters eat the same food as we Indians do.. 🇮🇳🤝🏻🇰🇪

[dikky]

Morning ndengu, afternoon ndengu, night ndengu
Telugu people : exit the chat 😂😂😂😂

[Amanimaisha]

Chapati and ndengu a wonderful comfort dish that can be found all over Kenya. Thank you for showing a Kenyan dish. Please cook some Swahili dishes. Asante.

[Lifestyle]

As a indian bengali, we have it often and we call it ruti-torka

[lilianewoi]

Aaah, , thanks for showcasing some of our food brother, i feel like food is an international language that we can all relate with, , proudly kenyan 🇰🇪

[nikitaarora]

Wow. I appreciate how you mentioned that this dish was brought to Kenya by Indians. This is our staple food. Not a delicacy. Just whole mung dal and chapati/roti.

[Sangama]

His expression when he says nDengu is soo funny 😆😆😆😆
Telugites and kannadigas know what i mean

[cinny_]

Nice one! It's great seeing someone incorporate in the history. Many people don't bother, which usually causes misunderstandings or arguments on the origins of our Indian-influenced dishes.

[Akagami_No_Shanks_Yonko]

Him: ndengu

Telugu people: sighs and opens the comments

[infinite]

Fun fact- the English word "Mung" comes from the Hindi word "Moong", which ultimately comes from the Sanskrit word for mung bean, " Mudga". Interestingly, Mung bean has its origins in India, specifically the Indian Subcontinent.

In India, we mostly call this stew as "Moong Sabji/Tarkaari" and that flatbread as "Laccha Paratha". Paratha in general means "flatbread" in Hindi. Never knew that there is any remote Indian influence in any African country, the culture is very different from India anyway.

[Happydayss]

Bro i literally got it when he said ndegu😂😭

[ahalya]

As a telugite my heart dropped when i heard the curry's name and rushed to tone down the volumee 😭😭

[MotoMnk]

Amazing how Indian food culture came to Kenya. Thank you for sharing

[tracy]

Ive made this recipe 3 times now and it’s so dang good. I’ll literally eat it for any meal and it’s pretty healthy. I see this being in my rotation forever honestly. Thank you Kenyans and Baking Herman. 🙏🙏🙏