Recipe: Eating on a Dime African vegetable (managu)

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African vegetable (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 African vegetable (managu) using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of African vegetable (managu)

1. It’s of managu.

2. You need of cooking oil.

3. Prepare of dhania.

4. You need of cucumber.

5. It’s of tomatoes.

6. You need of onion.

7. It’s of Salt.

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

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… Ugali and African vegetable "managu" maize flour, water florence Mutisya.

Ugali is a staple Kenyan meal, as it is to many African countries and named differently as per the location.

African vegetable (managu) step by step

1. Chop all the ingredients separately.

2. Place a sufuria in source of heat and poor cooking oil.

3. Add onion and let it cooks till it is golden brown.

4. Add cucumber let it cook for 1min then add add salt followed by tomatoes.

5. Add chopped managu.

6. Let it cook for 5mins then serve.

Ugali is made from maize flour and water, and is cooked to a very thickened consistency.

Managu (leaves of solanum psedocapsicum) is known as Osuga by the Luo community.

It is a common traditional vegetable that can be found in most grocery stores or vegetable stalls in Kenya.

The African Black Nightshade is invading supermarket shelves and is becoming popular in our households.

Commonly known as managu/ mnavu/namaska/ osuga in various languages, the vegetables are grown in several parts of Kenya such as Rift Valley, Kisii, Central Kenya and parts of Western Kenya.