Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, peas and maize githeri. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Githeri is a stable food in East Africa and consist of mainly boiled maize and beans that can be eaten in different ways. It can be made into a stew, mixed. Githeri is widely eaten in Kenya, there are different ways of cooking it, but my take is very simple yet very delicious, this dish can be eaten as.
Peas and maize githeri is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Peas and maize githeri is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have peas and maize githeri using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Peas and maize githeri:
- Take 1 cup boiled peas
- Prepare 1 1/3 cups boiled maize
- Take 2 sliced carrots
- Take 6 peeled&chopped potatoes
- Take cooking oil
- Take salt
- Make ready 1/2 tbs royco
Your recipe though seems more South American than Kenya. 🙂. Maize is enjoyed in githeri and can be grounded to make flour used for ugali. Traditional vegetables, sauces, and different types of meats are all great accompaniments to Kenyan staple foods. Kenyan recipes - The ultimate Kenyan food guide.
Steps to make Peas and maize githeri:
- Place onions and cooking oil in a sufuria then stir for 1 minute
- Add tomatoes and cover until they soften.
- Add the peas and maize then stir.add the potatoes and salt.
- Add royco mixedin 1cup water añd cover for 5-8 minutes then add the carrots and stir for a minute.
Githeri is a simple yet nourishing Kenyan dish that originated with Kikuyu tribe. The combination of beans and corn supplies a full complement of protein. Use any kind of beans: pinto beans, kidney beans, cowpeas (black-eyed peas), green peas, groundnuts, pigeon peas. Githeri is a basic maize (corn) and beans stew, traditional among the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Not only are these two eaten together, they are often intercropped. (grown together) in the same fields.
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