I think it's time for another challenge.
A challenge?
Mhm.
Uh oh.
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I'm Kevin, this is Grace.
We're the Storys.
We're comparing Kenyan and American culture to see what's different but also what's similar.
And apparently Grace is challenging me?
A Kenyan challenge?
So what's going on?
It involves food.
Oh.
Well, okay I'm in.
So I'm gonna make you try a Kenyan meal.
Okay.
Kenyan popular meal.
That's great.
All the instructions are gonna be in Swahili.
Wait, I thought I was just going to eat this, you were going to- You're making.
You're making a Kenyan meal and there's a recipe that's in Swahili.
Oh.
That's the challenge.
The challenge isn't- you're not gonna make me something that I'm gonna have to sit down
and eat.
That's not the challenge?
You'll eat it after, but no.
The challenge is I'm gonna have to make it.
I'll only get to eat it if I make it right.
Hopefully, yes.
Okay.
All right, and... so all the instructions are in Swahili?
You're gonna say them to me as we go? Yeah, I'm gonna read them out to you.
Okay, and I'm gonna have to figure out what it is you're trying to say.
Right.
Okay, uh I guess we should go to the kitchen then, huh?
Yeah.
Okay, we'll see you over there.
I'm ready for my challenge, let's go.
So, you're gonna have me get all the ingredients first?
Yeah.
Number one: (in Swahili) One tablespoon of oil.
Okay, so one something.
One- is it flour?
What else could I have one something of?
Is it in the fridge?
No.
"Mafuta"...
I use it in chapatti.
Oh, is it oil?
Ee. [Yes] Ee.
(Swa.) One onion.
Aha!
(Swa.) Two cloves of garlic.
I know that's this.
(Swa.) Green pepper.
(Singing) "Pilipili hoho"
That I know is in the fridge.
(Swa.) Two tomatoes.
Aha!
(Swa.) Cilantro [Dhania ama giligilani]
I know what "dhania" is.
"Dhania..." what was the rest of that?
"Ama" is or. This is fine.
(Swa.) One cup of beans.
"Agua" means water in Spanish.
There's no water there!
(Swa.) Beans. "Maharagwe"... oh, "haragwe".
Is it beans?
Ah! How did you guess that?!
Then... (Swa.) One can of corn.
No, wait don't tell me.
Uh, is it a spice?
No.
Okay, that was my first thought. "Mahindi"...
Is it corn flour?
Corn meal?
No no.
Oh it is.
It's corn.
Yeah, okay.
(Swa.) Curry powder.
"Binzari"...
Curry powder?
Yes.
Oh, for real real?
Oh okay.
(Swa.) Black pepper.
Is that just plain paprika or is it smoked?
Oh, it's neither.
It's the chili peppers.
No. What?
Wait, those are all the "pilipili" ones though.
Black pepper.
Yes.
Then your favorite, (Swa.) chili pepper.
Oh is that chili? Chili pepper?
(Swa.) Salt.
"Chumvi."
Salt?? Yeah!
(Swa.) Cooking pot.
Okay.
Alright, so... (Swa.) Cut up the onion,
(Swa.) tomatoes,
(Swa.) green pepper,
(Swa.) garlic...
So...
I have my "katakata" board.
So... so, "moja" [one]?
Yeah.
Are we talking about tacos again?
Oh my god. What?
Oh, it can help you.
Oh yeah, that's really gonna help me.
(Sigh)
(Grace) Oh my god.
(Kevin) What?
(Kevin) What's wrong?
No comment.
(Kevin) I'll be less particular.
We're just gonna throw all this into the "sufaria" [pot], yeah?
(Kevin) "Su-fa-ri-a".
(Grace) There's no soup or sauce inside it.
(Kevin) These are very fresh tomatoes.
(in an accent) Where did they come from, New Jersey?
So all of this is gonna go in the pot?
Yeah.
(Swa.) Pour oil first.
Ohh.
(Swa.) First. "Kwanza". Mhm. Ee.
What'd you say? "Ku-" what's the word? "Ki-"?
(Swa.) One tablespoon.
"Kijiko moja."
That's about... that.
Heat? Yeah.
You need to just speak Swahili. You can't...
This is the challenge for you.
(Swa.) Wash the beans and corn.
You just "osha"-ed [washed] the "nyanya"-s [tomatoes].
Oh. Eh? Yes.
(Mumbling.)
"Osha." "Osha" is to wash.
No, I know. But you don't want this in there?
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah.
This first? Yes.
"Kwanzaa"? Yes.
"Kwanzaa"...
Other... "mbili" [two]... I don't know.
I'm also hungry, so...
Okay. (Swa.) Let it cook for...
(Swa.) ...five minutes.
Now, my instinct would be to throw salt on this, but you want me to wait?
You can! Yeah. (Swa.) Salt.
"Chungvi"? "Chun-vi"?
"Chumvi".
"Chun-"... "Chum-"?
"-vi".
"Chumvi." C-h-u-m? "Chum-"?
v-i. "Chumvi".
Yeah, I'm just asking if there's an M.
Yeah.
"Chum-vi".
"Chumvi." Okay.
Now, the "mahindi" [corn] and "maharang... agwe" "haragwe" [beans]...
Yeah. "Haragwe"? "Maharagwe". "Maharagwe".
I'm gonna "ohsa" them.
Together or separately?
You can. 'Cause they all go in there.
Okay.
Before I can "osha" them, I'ma have to open them.
Yes, that's a good idea.
Yeah, you didn't give me that instruction.
(Swa.) Oh, open...
(Swa.) ... those things.
'Kay.
(Singing) Can you feel the beans tonight?
What? Nothing.
(Swa.) I am washing?
(Swa.) with water?
Yeah.
"Na"? "Wa"? I get my particles confused.
Yeah, with water.
(Obnoxious British accent) Water!
(Laughing)
Is the thing... The thing that I'm doing is "kupika" [to cook]?
Yeah.
So, "ninapika" [I am cooking]?
(Swa.) Today, I am cooking.
Yes.
(Weird voice) Hey, welcome to Kevin's Swahili Kitchen.
Today, we're cooking a little stew.
I guess it's not a stew though.
I've been told that what we're cooking is something that's not a stew.
What is it called?
Still don't know what it is.
(Regular voice) Oh, did you tell me what it's called? Yes. Oh yeah.
Githeri. I don't know why I have to say it like that.
Githeri.
This is gorgeous. Oh, did you use garlic?
Hey!
You mean "saumu"? "Kitunguu saumu".
You can use the garlic powder if it's too late.
No no no no no, this will not do.
Hey hey hey hey!
It's so much on the side.
Hey!
(Swa.) Are you cooking?
(Swa.) No. T-t-t-t-t-t.
What's wrong with you??
I'm trying to fit in here, I don't know. Oh my god.
T-t-t-t-t.
Ay-ay-ay.
All right, this is looking pretty darn good.
What is the next step, oh Swahili girl?
(Swa.) Put the beans and corn into the pot.
"Mahindi." Corn is "mahindi."
Yeah.
See, I just thought you called it maize and that was it.
That's English.
Well, I know but... well 'cause mai-- 'cause co-- maize... corn... maize slash corn... comes from
the Americas, you know what I mean? It's actually maize.
I don't know what corn is in Swahili.
Go on.
You just told me it was "mahindi".
You can add the "viungo" [spices] now.
"Viungu". Yeah.
"Vigungu! Viungu..."
"Viungo."
"Viungo"? Yeah. Oh, "viungo."
"Dhania" [cilantro] comes later.
Okay. Uh...
How... how much?
(Swa.) Half a teaspoon.
"Chai"? Isn't that tea?
Yeah.
Am I adding--? Oh, a teaspoon!
Can I guess or should I measure it?
You can guess.
I can't remember...
(Swa.) Half. Half a teaspoon.
That's a lot actually, one teaspoon.
(Swa.) Half.
Eh?
(Swa.) Half.
Oh. I didn't say "moja" [one] I said "nusu" [half].
Is that half? Yes.
Well, I can't take any out.
Okay, how about "pilipili mbuzi" [chili pepper]?
(Sigh)
I don't know what quarter is in Swahili.
"Dukuduku shirini-mbili." That's .25.
What else is left there?
"Dhania" [cilantro] and black pepper.
You can actually put paprika, I didn't put that.
I don't think-- Yeah, oh my god! It is there.
(Swa.) One teaspoon of paprika.
(Swa.) One. One tea[spoon].
"Chai moja".
How do you say how much?
"Ngapi."
(Swa.) How much cilantro?
You'll have to use your instincts for this.
Instincts, huh?
I have to use my Swahili instincts?
Yeah, that's good.
My instincts are saying that's enough.
I'm sure I'll put it up on the screen but I guess I should say out loud
that "dhania" is cilantro,
what we call cilantro in America
and what other people call coriander.
(Grace) Whoa! He's on fire!
(Kevin) Am I? Put me out!
(Grace, in a Nigerian accent) The man is on fire, hee.
(Kevin, singing) This girl is on fire!
Yes? No? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, we forgot the-- I was going on instinct.
(Grace) (Swa.) Let this cook for three minutes.
Something about three.
(Swa.) Cook for three minutes.
(Swa.) Cover... Oh my god.
"Funika"? Yeah.
"Tatu" [three].
Oh thirty? Three.
Three. Just three?
Cook for three minutes, and as you're cooking...
(Swa.) Prep the avocado.
(Gasp.)
It's not going in there, don't worry.
No, I know, but I have to cut an avocado?
You want me to cut it for you?
No, I'm cooking!
(Kevin, singing) Avokado [avocado].
(Grace) Ooh, that's a good avocado.
Alright, (Swa.) get two plates.
(Swa.) Plates.
"Sahani"? Yeah.
I know what "sahani" is.
(Swa.) Just one plate.
Okay. Uhhh....
(Swa.) Cut? (Swa.) Yes, [put the] avocado on the plate.
(Swa.) On the plate.
Put avocado on the "sahani". Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Well, you don't have to tell me.
What if I said the wrong thing and I'm correcting myself?
I don't know.
[Can-can music]
Great.
Uh...
And? Is that it? Yeah.
Are we good? Yes.
Okay.
So I'm gonna put some of this on that and that's it?
Yeah.
(Kevin) Oooooh.
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All right, well here it is folks.
The finished product.
This is githeri, that's what I've been told.
We have a little avocado on the side, some cilantro here, and uh...
and now Grace, I think it's incumbent upon you to taste it and see if I've done...
...a good job. Sure. Based on your instructions.
Okay. Let's see.
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Why are you laughing?
What's so funny?
It's only because it's hot, but it's really good.
Hot temperature wise?
Spicy and good, yeah.
Oh.
All right well, I'm gonna give it a try now.
Yeah.
Alright.
Mm!
Oh yeah.
This would be so good with rice.
Really?
No?
No.
Why not?
Why?
So githeri, or for people from where I come from, nyoyo,
we eat it for breakfast with tea. Oh.
They can be eaten at any time.
And it's normally more drier than this.
There are other people who just boil the corn or maize with beans, then you dry it and you just
eat it like that with tea or... Ohh I see. Hm.
So for lunch, you can do what you did, or for dinner.
Mm!
Well, so on a scale of one to ten: how do you think I did?
I would give you a ten.
I would wanna...
I wish you had maize, like proper white maize.
Yeah, well we can...
It tastes even better. But it's good. We'll find that for you, don't you worry.
There's maize all over this country.
All right folks, well, we want to know what's a Swahili dish that you like to prepare.
Maybe there's something else you would have chosen to give me as a challenge, or maybe
there's something you think that I should try to make and have Grace here give me instructions
in Swahili. Although you kept wanting to speak in English, so... Yeah. It's hard.
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Until next time, kwaheri. Bye!
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