mchuzi

How to say it

Meaning

a savory sauce, gravy, soup, or curry eaten with a starch such as rice or ugali.

Good to know

central to Swahili cuisine, e.g. mchuzi wa nyama, mchuzi wa samaki.

Examples

• Mama alipika mchuzi wa samaki kwa chakula cha mchana.Mother cooked fish curry for lunch.
• Je, mchuzi huu una pilipili nyingi?Does this sauce have a lot of pepper?
• Sikuweka chumvi ya kutosha kwenye mchuzi.I didn't put enough salt in the sauce.
• Tutaandaa mchuzi wa kuku kesho.We'll prepare chicken curry tomorrow.

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