Street Staple · Chapati & Beans
Kikomando
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The name is usually traced to 'commando', from the action films popular in Kampala's video halls: a cheap plate that makes you tough enough for anything.
Kikomando chops chapati into ribbons and folds it through a pot of stewed beans, often topped with a fried egg — a filling, cheap plate sold from roadside stalls and taxi-park kiosks across the city.
Why it's made this way: It emerged in Kampala as a cheap, filling meal for students, laborers and boda-boda riders, and its fame spread further when musician Bobi Wine released a song named after it.
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