Recipe: Eating on a Dime Githeri

Recipe: Eating on a Dime 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 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Githeri

1. It’s 3 of cobs of maize.

2. It’s 3/4 kg of beans.

3. Prepare 2 of medium sized carrots.

4. Prepare 1 of big sweet pepper.

5. It’s 3 of medium sized tomatoes.

6. You need 1 of big onion.

7. Prepare of Coriander.

8. Prepare 6 of medium sized potatoes.

9. It’s 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 instructions

1. Put cooking oil in the pot to heat.

2. When hot add diced onions.

3. Stir when almost brown add sweet pepper.

4. Stir for 1 minute the add your diced carrots.

5. Stir for 2 minutes the add the chopped potatoes and salt.

6. Stir until the onions turn brown then add the diced tomatoes.

7. Cover with a lid for 2 minutes then uncover to mix the ingrediates.

8. Wow, now add your well boiled githeri.

9. Mix all the ingrediates as you stir, add hot water to form some soup.

10. Cover it to boil for 2 minutes the add the coriander.

11. Stir for 1 minute its ready to 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.