Recipe: To Try At Home Managu

Recipe: To Try At Home Managu Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Managu. The African nightshade / black nightshade, commonly referred to Kenya as Managu, is grown as an edible vegetable in Kenya. It is cherished for its nutritious benefits and has been used in traditional African medicine over the ages. As people grow more health-conscious, they are adding Managu and other traditional African vegetables to their diet.

There is a large variation in diversity of the African nightshades, which have many nutritional and medicinal benefits.

Managu is a traditional African vegetable that is so rich in iron which in most African communities, is served boiled to mothers before and after the birth of a child, or in any situation where there has been loss of blood.

Traditionally the leaves were used as a quick fix for warriors after injuries to heal their wounds.

You can cook Managu using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Managu

1. It’s 1 bunch of Managu.

2. You need 1 of onion.

3. It’s 2 of Tomatoes.

4. You need 10 mls of oil.

5. You need to taste of Salt.

Managu is also used as an anti-rheumatic, counter-irritant traditional.

The African nightshade (managu) farmer says the demand.

They also contain significant amounts of phenols and alkaloids, including cocaine, quinine, nicotine, and morphine.

Grows in wooded areas and is said to treat a number of diseases, like Asthma.

Managu instructions

1. Remove the managu from the stalks and cut into small pieces.

2. Then put to boil for 30 minutes..

3. Fry the onions in oil. fry until soft..

4. Add tomatoes. fry until soft..

5. The drain water from the cooking managu and add to the managu to the sufuria..

6. Stir for five minutes then allow to boil..

7. Allow to boil for 5 minutes. serve..

The African Nightshade plant popularly known as "Managu" has been gaining popularity and finding its way to the supermarket shelves and many urban groceries due to its high economical value to the farmer, its ever increasing demand resulting from its high nutritional and medicinal value.

There has been a paradigm shift in the eating patterns… Managua (Spanish pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of an eponymous department.

My labour only involves irrigation once a week.

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The Swahili call it Mnavu, Luhya's call it Namasaka, Luos refer to it as Osuga, Kambas simply call it kitulu while the Kipsigis call it isoiyot.