Mabuyuz chilli balls. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
I was given these to taste in London. A friend who lives partly in Kenya with friends and family there and in the UK says these are a favourite of his family. The ingredients include Tamarind, sugar and salt. The balls are red. On holiday one is always looking for things to bring back, as memories of home if that is where you live, or as novelties if you are a visitor.
Mabuyuz is the plural of mabuyu in Swahili. Swahili is spoken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Useful Websites
To buy ready made from Amazon for 12.99 pounds sterling
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vtamu-Baobab-Sweets-Mabuyu-Ubuyu/dp/B07NDMY1GT
DIY recipe
One of many you tube videos on how to make this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElLmWrL9-8Y
Swahili language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language
https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/sw/en/Learn-Swahili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_of_African_origin
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