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Luwombo

A Ugandan stew or sauce made with smoked young leaves of the Ndiizi banana plant. Reserved for Buganda’s kings and princes from 1887, it is now eaten by the Baganda generally and other Ugandan ethnic groups.

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Starting in 1887 in pre-colonial Buganda, the dish was reserved for kings and princes, but has since become eaten by the general Baganda populace, and by other ethnic groups in Uganda.

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