Local Dishes

1. Ceele

   Porridge

   Usage

   Porridge, a grain cooked soft

   Grammar Note

   The long vowel ee is written. It differs from the thick "insima" (nshima). Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

2. Cisyu

   Relish

   Usage

   The side dish eaten with nshima (insima); the dictionary also lists the form "cilisyo"

   Grammar Note

   A class 7 noun (prefix ci-). "Cisyu canyama" is a meat relish. Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

3. Musinza

   Soup

   Usage

   Soup

   Grammar Note

   A class 3 noun (prefix mu-). Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

4. Musozya

   Boiled maize

   Usage

   Boiled maize grains; the dictionary also lists "musozya wanyabo" for a bean stew

   Grammar Note

   A class 3 noun (prefix mu-). Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

5. Kambuwa

   Fritter

   Usage

   A fried dough snack; the dictionary glosses it as "fritter"

   Grammar Note

   A class 12 noun (prefix ka-). Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

6. Cikandi

   Porridge with sour milk

   Usage

   Porridge mixed with sour milk (mabisi)

   Grammar Note

   A class 7 noun (prefix ci-). Source: dictionary only; native review recommended

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