Cooking in Language School

Last week we had a special day (siku maalum) in language school. We learned how to cook (kupika) traditional Tanzanian food. First (kwanza), we make spiced milk tea and coconut donuts. I got to pound the spices (viungo) with the mortar and pestle... I smelled really good (nilinukia nzuri sana) after that!
We then made many foods with vegetables (mboga), meat (nyama), potatoes (viazi), cornflour (sembe), rice (wali), and LOTS OF OIL (MAFUTA MENGI SANA)!
It was a feast (sherehe). We enjoyed it (tulifaidi)!