Easiest Way to Refreshing Yummy Ndengu stew

Easiest Way to Refreshing Yummy Ndengu stew Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Ndengu stew. However, I discovered Ndengu, which is the Kenyan-style of mung beans, also called green grams. This greenish stew does not look very inviting, but the taste of the mung beans is wonderful! With some red colour, it looks more delicious - and it tastes so good!

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What is ndengu and how do you cook it?

Before you can even learn how to prepare delicious ndengu stew, it helps to understand what kind of food it is.

You can cook Ndengu stew using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ndengu stew

1. Prepare 1 cup of green grams.

2. It’s of Cooking oil.

3. It’s 1 of whole onion.

4. You need 1 of tomato.

5. It’s 2 cloves of garlic.

6. You need 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.

7. You need to taste of Salt.

This is a grain that is rich in protein.

It is green and small in size.

Most Kenyan families will have it on their menu at least every week.

Let it simmer for a few minutes and serve while hot with chapati.

Ndengu stew instructions

1. Boil the green grams to tender..

2. Drain water from the green grams and set aside for frying.

3. Fry onions to golden brown, add tomatoes and allow it to cook into a sauce, add ground garlic and salt then stir to cook, add tomato paste and stir to cook for like 3 minutes then add your green grams plus a glass of water for soup..

4. Allow it to cook for about 15minutes then serve with your favourite dish..

Here is the recipe for soft coconut chapatis recipe Ndengu is basically a simple stew made from green gram aka mung beans.

I was really surprised to see the similarities between a lot of Kenyan dishes and Indian dishes.

I'm not sure why exactly this is, perhaps someone has some insight?

Anyway this meal is hearty, delicious, nutritious and so easy to cook.

See recipes for Ground nut stew (Ndengu ya Njugu) too.