My Ki-Swahili is pretty 'rusty' these days , but I can well remember the delicious GURU. Those of us who lived in up-country Kenya, never failed to return home without a parcel of guru after a holiday at the coast. This was often converted into the mouth-watering PARAA or fried and added to a spicy salad of finely chopped onions mixed with tomato, chilli and a generous sprinkling of vinegar. Sukari guru is, as Gabe points out, unrefined sugar,the same term being used for jaggery.
The silent 'N' also reminds me of NGURUWE(pig). Mervyn Maciel
