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 have Githeri using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Githeri
-
Prepare of mixed maize and beans pre-boiled.
-
You need 1 of onion.
-
Prepare 2 of tomatoes.
-
Prepare 4 of Irish potatoes.
-
Prepare 1/2 of tspn cumin powder.
-
You need 1/2 cube of knor cube.
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
-
Chopped onion n cook till it browns.
-
Add chopped potatoes then cover till the potatoes have cooked.Dont add water.let it cook with steam..
-
After the potatoes are cooked add tomatoes and the spices.Let it also cook till its softened.
-
Add you githeri n some water to ensure you get some soup.Cook for 10minutes till the soup has thickened..
-
.
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.