African recipes
January 13, 2015, 1:36 pm
Filed under: Seasonal Recipe | Tags: African food, African recipe, Covo, Irio, Kenyan mash, Zimbabwe recipe, Zimbabwean food
Filed under: Seasonal Recipe | Tags: African food, African recipe, Covo, Irio, Kenyan mash, Zimbabwe recipe, Zimbabwean food
Right, today I am posting some recipes from Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Irio (Kenyan maize/corn and bean mash)
Ingredients
- 1 cup/200g haricot, red kidney or sugar beans, soaked and cooked
- 3 cups/ 450 g corn kernels, cooked
- ½ pound/ 225 g potatoes, chopped
- 21/2 cups/ 590 ml stock
- 1 pound /450 g pumpkin leaves or spinach, chopped
Method
- Boil the potatoes in the stock for 10 minutes or until almost cooked; then add the beans, corn and spinach or pumpkin leaves
- Continue to cook together until the potatoes are ready, the beans and corn hot and the spinach is cooked
- Drain off most of water into a bowel and keep it. Add a little butter or margarine to the bean and potato mix and mash well. Add some of the cooking water to get the consistency you prefer and serve hot.
Covo: Traditionally cooked greens with tomato (Zimbabwe)
Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 large tomato, chopped
- 1 bundle Covo (greens, such as kale or cabbage)
- Tablespoon of peanut butter (optional)
- Vegetable oil for frying
Method
1. Heat the oil in a pan and saute the onions & garlic for 1 minute
2. Add the greens and season and cook for 1 minute
3. Add tomatoes, then peanut butter if desired and stir.
4. Cover pot, reduce heat and simmer for 3 mins, then serve.
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