Easiest Way to Best Eating on a Dime Ndengu stew

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Ndengu stew. However, I discovered Ndengu, which is the Kenyan-style of mung beans, also called green grams. This greenish stew does not look very inviting, but the taste of the mung beans is wonderful! With some red colour, it looks more delicious - and it tastes so good!

See great recipes for Ground nut stew (Ndengu ya Njugu) too!

What is ndengu and how do you cook it?

Before you can even learn how to prepare delicious ndengu stew, it helps to understand what kind of food it is.

You can have Ndengu stew using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Ndengu stew

  1. Prepare 4 of -scoops of boiled green grams(scoops of a serving spoon).

  2. You need 1/2 of tspoon garlic powder.

  3. You need 1/4 of tpsoon turmeric.

  4. Prepare Pinch of salt.

  5. Prepare 1 of tbspoon royco.

  6. It’s Glass of water.

  7. You need 3 of tomatoes diced.

  8. Prepare 1 of onion diced.

  9. Prepare Pinch of pepper.

  10. Prepare of Parsley.

This is a grain that is rich in protein.

It is green and small in size.

Most Kenyan families will have it on their menu at least every week.

Let it simmer for a few minutes and serve while hot with chapati.

Ndengu stew instructions

  1. Saute the onions until the become translucent..

  2. Add the tomatoes and let them get mashed. Then add the powdered garlic and turmeric.

  3. Leave the spices on a low heat for 2-3 minutes. Then add the green grams..

  4. Mix them in the tomato-spice mixture and let it seat on the heat for 1-2 minutes..

  5. Add the water,royco and pepper. Mix it in and let it simmer..

  6. When its almost ready, add the parsley..

  7. Serve while hot with your favorite starch. e. g chapati..

  8. Enjoy.

Here is the recipe for soft coconut chapatis recipe Ndengu is basically a simple stew made from green gram aka mung beans.

I was really surprised to see the similarities between a lot of Kenyan dishes and Indian dishes.

I'm not sure why exactly this is, perhaps someone has some insight?

Anyway this meal is hearty, delicious, nutritious and so easy to cook.

See recipes for Ground nut stew (Ndengu ya Njugu) too.