Recipe: Perfect Mokimo
Recipe: Perfect Mokimo Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Mokimo. Mukimo Recipe: Mukimo is a meal whose origin is Central Kenya (Agikuyu community) but it's being served in hotels across the country keeping in mind of the diversity of Kenyan people. So if you have been wondering on how to prepare these meal at home,here is a simple recipe to guide you through. Mukimo is the staple food for the Kikuyu people in Central Kenya.
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Use this very simple guideline for preparing delicious mukimo at home.
Mukimo (Irio) is a Kenyan meal (predominantly from communities living around Mount Kenya) prepared by mashing potatoes and green vegetables.
You can have Mokimo using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mokimo
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It’s 500 g of maize.
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It’s of kahurora(pumpkin leaves).
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You need 1 kg of potatoes.
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Prepare of salt.
It may also include maize and beans.
Mukimo is mostly served as an accompaniment for meat-based stew and nyama choma.
Though originally from the central part of Kenya, Mukimo is now consumed amongst various communities in Kenya.
Learn how to prepare Mukimo, an African mashed vegetable side dish.
Mokimo step by step
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Boil the maize for 30 mins and make sure they dont overcook.
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Add the pealed potatoes and boil for 20mins.
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Add the pumpkin leaves… and cook for 15 min….
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Drain the excess water and marsh them together… season to desired taste….
There's a way to make mukimo like a modern woman while still keeping them Kikuyu roots.
As I have stated here before, I'm no mukimo fan but that doesn't mean I can't cook it.
Mum has ensured that I must and can.
Kenyan dishes are very diverse and they vary depending with the different communities.
They have evolved and been adapted to suit the regions and cultures.
