Recipe: Yummy Githeri

Recipe: Yummy Githeri Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Githeri. Githeri (Gĩtheri), also called muthere or mutheri, is a Kenyan traditional meal of maize and legumes, mostly beans of any type mixed and boiled together. The maize and beans are mixed together in a sufuria or pot, water is then added and the mixture boiled until the food is cooked and ready to eat. Githeri is the staple food of the Gikuyu, Meru and Embu people in the Central Province of Kenya.

It is an easy one-pot meal, and together, the beans and corn provide a vegetarian dinner that is high in protein.

Githeri is a simple yet nourishing dish that originated with Kikuyu tribe.

In modern times it has become popular throughout Kenya.

You can cook Githeri using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Githeri

1. It’s 2 cups of beans.

2. You need 2 cups of green maize.

3. Prepare of Green onions.

4. Prepare 1 of big tomato.

5. Prepare 1 of small hoho.

6. Prepare 1 cup of Beef broth.

7. Prepare 1 tsp of curry powder.

8. Prepare 1 tsp of cumin powder.

9. It’s of Cooking oil.

10. Prepare to taste of Salt.

The combination of beans and corn supplies a full complement of protein for the often protein-poor diet of many Kenyans.

Adapted from an old Kenyan recipe, Githeri features slow-cooked corn and beans, gently simmered in a fragrant and spicy coconut milk base.

Adapted from an old Kenyan recipe, Githeri features slow-cooked corn and beans, gently simmered in a fragrant and spicy coconut milk base.

Githeri is a traditional kenyan dish of which the name derives from the Kikuyu people of Kenya.

Githeri step by step

1. Make sure the beans and maize are well mixed together.

2. In a sufuria heat oil,, put onions and stir they should be green and not brown,, put tomatoes and stir,, let it simmer for 3 minutes to allow the tomatoes to cook. Add diced hohos.

3. Put the beans and maize mixture and stir,, add the beefbroth and allow to cook for 5 minutes,, add cumin and curry powder and stir,, put salt to your liking and remove from fire.

4. Serve.

It is however eaten all over Kenya and is also know as Mutheri among some Kenyans.

This typical kenyan stapple food consists mainly of beans and mais, but can be served with some extras.

Githeri - Kenyan Corns & Beans - is no exception.

So it's inspired by the original, but I can promise the real thing is better.

Githeri is one of the main staple foods in Kenya.