How to pronounce Chang'aa

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /t͡ʃaŋɡaː/. In plain English letters that is chang-AH, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Chang'aa?

Chang'aa is a drink of Kenya. Where it comes from: All Kenya. People usually eat it late at night and on festive days. Its main ingredients are corn. It tastes rich.

Where Chang'aa comes from

Chang'aa is one of 8 signature dishes of Kenya on this map.

• Ugali and sukuma wiki ugali na sukuma wiki · Main dish · All Kenya

  Ugali is a stiff porridge of white maize flour and water, stirred in a pot until it forms a firm block, and it is the staple food of Kenya.

• Nyama choma · Main dish · Nairobi

  Nyama choma is Swahili for grilled meat: goat, beef or sometimes chicken, roasted slowly over charcoal and seasoned only with salt.

• Githeri · Main dish · Central Kenya

  Githeri is maize and beans boiled together, a simple dish of the Kikuyu people of central Kenya that has become a staple across the country.

• Mukimo · Main dish · Central Kenya

  Mukimo, also mokimo and known as irio, is a traditional Kenyan dish of the communities living around Mount Kenya.

• Mutura · Street food · Central Kenya

  Mutura is a traditional Kenyan blood sausage and one of the country's best-known street foods.

• Mursik · Drink · Rift Valley

  Mursik is the traditional fermented milk of the Kalenjin people of Kenya's Rift Valley.

Food of Kenya

Dishes like Chang'aa in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Chang'aa:

• Obushera · Drink · Western Uganda, Uganda

  Obushera is the collective name for four traditional fermented cereal drinks from western Uganda: obutoko, enturire, ekitiribita and obuteire.

• Kunu · Drink · North (Hausa-Fulani), Nigeria

  Kunu is a popular drink consumed throughout Nigeria, but mostly in the north.

• Umqombothi · Drink · Eastern Cape (Xhosa), South Africa

  Umqombothi is a traditional South African beer whose name comes from the Xhosa and Zulu languages.

• Asaana · Drink · Volta (Ewe), Ghana

  Asaana, also known as aliha or liha, is a non-alcoholic drink made from fermented corn and caramelised sugar, and it originated in the Volta Region of Ghana.