irio

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noun

A Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.

Scrabble 4

Meanings

nounirio (uncountable)
  1. KenyauncountableA Kenyan dish of mashed potatoes, maize, and other vegetables.

    There are almost as many ways to prepare irio as there are Kenyan cooks. Irio almost always starts with potatoes, corn, and beans, but then Kenyan cooks add any number of other ingredients to the dish. Spinach, fried onions, vegetables, […]

    2010, Barbara Sheen, Foods of Kenya, page 21
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