Oluwombo or Luwombo is a traditional dish from Uganda. It is both a classic dish of Royal dinners and a dish popular throughout Uganda, especially at holiday time.
It is often said that oluwombo dates to 1887 when, during the reign of Kabaka Mwanga, the dish was introduced by his chief cook, Kawunta.
The basic banana-leaf cooking method has been common across tropical Africa for centuries and is also much used wherever bananas or plantains are grown.
Ingredients to make Uganda Luwombo Recipe
•cooking oil
•Beef, Chicken, goat, or Pork (any one or two or more in combination), cut into serving-sized pieces
•peanuts (roasted, shells and skins removed) or Peanut butter (natural, unsweetened), about a half-cup per serving (optional)
•Onion, chopped (half an Onion per serving)
•tomatoes, peeled if desired, chopped (one tomato per serving)
•tomato paste (one tablespoon per serving)
•one Chicken or Beef bouillon cube (optional)
•salt (to taste)
•black pepper (to taste)
•banana leaves (one per serving)
•Mushrooms, cleaned (optional)
•smoked fish or meat (optional)
•plantains (one per serving)
