Traditional Ugandan food consists of a lot of starches and carbohydrates.

Matoke and Cassava are the staples of the Ugandan diet.

Matoke is a made from steamed green bananas. Green bananas (or plantain) are peeled and wrapped in banana leaves and placed in a pot on top of a layer of water. The pot sits on a charcoal fire and, as the water heats up, the matoke is steamed for a couple of hours.

When they are cooked the bananas turn soft and yellow. They are then mashed and this is matoke. Matoke is eaten with a sauce made from either vegetables, ground peanut or some kind of meat.

Cassava is an edible, starchy tuberous root; it is cooked and eaten with meat dishes instead of potatoes.