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Salt extracted from river reeds in Kenya
River reed salt
Place of origin
| Kenya
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Invented
| 17th century
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Similar dishes
| Culinary ash
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River reed salt
is a type of salt produced in Kenya from river
reeds
called
muchua
[1]
that grow along the
Nzoia River
.
[2]
It is thought that the origins of this practice date back to the 17th century, when the
Bukusu
people migrated from the area of the
Congo River
.
[3]
The only place the salt is traditionally made is the village of
Nabuyole
in
Webuye Constituency
of
Bungoma County
.
[3]
To produce the salt,
muchua
[
what language is this?
]
reeds growing along the river are collected, dried, and then burnt to first obtain the
ash
. The collected ash is then placed in a vessel with drainage. Water is slowly passed over and collected in a vessel underneath. The solution is filtered and then boiled to obtain the salt crystals which are traditionally packaged in
banana leaves
.
[2]
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