Share a recipe
Share a recipe
A dish or a drink: what goes in it, how it is made, and when it is served. Write it the way you would teach it.
Takes about 10 to 15 minutes
Why your recipe matters
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Food carries memory
How a dish is made, who makes it and when it is served says as much about a people as any history.
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Dishes are being lost
Recipes pass from hand to hand. When they are written down with their names and occasions, they stay.
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Others will cook it
Your recipe becomes a page people can follow, with your name on it and the dish placed with its community.
How it works
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You write it
Ingredients, steps and when it is eaten.
10 to 15 minutes
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We read it
An editor, and a cook who knows the dish where we have one, read it.
within two weeks
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We check it
Local names, occasions and customs are checked.
a few weeks
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It goes live
A dish page with your recipe and your name.
You are credited. Always.
Uganda Culture runs on people who share what they know. Every contribution we publish names the person it came from, in the way they choose, on every page where it appears. Credit is not a footnote here; it is the record of who keeps Uganda's culture alive.
On the recipe, under its title
Recipe shared by Amina Okello
In the credits box of the dish page
Author: Amina Okello
Wherever the recipe is reused
Recipe by Amina Okello, Uganda Culture
Prefer not to be named? Choose that on the form and the page reads “A contributor who asked not to be named”. Your email is never shown to anyone.
Recently credited contributors
The first contributors credited on the site will be listed here. Yours could be the first name.
All partners and contributorsYour recipe joins a growing table of Ugandan food.
Questions people ask
Do you want everyday food or special dishes?
Both. Breakfast, street food, a wedding dish, a drink brewed for a ceremony. Say when it is eaten and we place it accordingly.
I do not measure anything. Is that a problem?
No. Write amounts as you use them, such as a handful, two bunches, enough to cover. An editor asks if something is unclear.
What about the dish's local names?
Please add them. A dish often has a name in each language that eats it, and we list them all.
Can I send photos of the dish?
Yes, on the photos step. A photo of the finished dish and one of it being made are ideal.
What if the dish is already on the site?
Send yours anyway. Dishes differ from home to home, and we can add your recipe as another way of making it.
Will my name be on it?
If you want. Choose on the last step whether to be credited by name or stay private.