Enjuga

Name: Enjuga
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ugandan
Ingredients: 400g enjuga, cleaned; 1 onion, sliced; Salt, to taste

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About this dish

Grasshoppers fried until crisp, a seasonal Ugandan delicacy similar to nsenene.

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Ingredients

🦗400g enjuga, cleaned

🧅1 onion, sliced

🧂Salt, to taste

Method

Serves 2

Clean the insects, removing wings and legs.

Fry in a dry pan until crisp.

Add sliced onion and cook until fragrant.

Season with salt.

Serve as a crunchy snack or side dish.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Enjuga refers to a variety of edible flying insects eaten in Uganda, prepared similarly to the more well-known nsenene.

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