How to...nyama choma

Directly translated from Swahili, nyama choma means roast beef. But it seems to be used for any kind of meat cooked over a fire. Goat is common here. I cannot claim to have done this myself but I know how to do it should the need arise!  

 

1.       Buy a goat

2.       Kill the goat (a good thing that the picture isn’t very clear…it can be messy!)

3.       Skin it (in some traditions you give the skin to the person from whom you bought the goat).

4.       Remove the internal organs (most of these will be cooked in the stew, or served separately) and joint the animal.

This goat was killed, skinned and cooked by a man called Christmas!

5.       Roast over a fire (some of the meat can stewed).

6.       Eat with ugali.

7.       Find a toothpick (or a thorny acacia tree!)

The goats that wander into our garden and house need to watch out!