Recipe: Eating on a Dime Githeri recipe

Recipe: Eating on a Dime Githeri recipe Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Githeri recipe. Adapted from an old Kenyan recipe, Githeri features slow-cooked corn and beans, gently simmered in a fragrant and spicy coconut milk base. Githeri (Boiled Corn and Beans)- a traditional Kenyan one-pot meal dish made out of corn and beans flavored with curry powder and white pepper OR you can simply go with salt and pepper with this humble and easy vegan recipe. Githeri is native to East Kenya in particular and Africa as a whole - a one-pot meal, traditional made out of boiled.

The combination of beans and corn supplies a full complement of protein for the often protein-poor diet of many Kenyans.

The best recipes are simple and made with love.

Githeri has just a few ingredients, and in order to ensure it has the best flavor, I highly recommend that you do not skip sautéing the onions and garlic and spices.

You can cook Githeri recipe using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Githeri recipe

1. You need 2 cups of maize.

2. It’s 1 3/4 cup of beans.

3. Prepare of Hoho.

4. Prepare 1 of coriander.

5. Prepare of Pepper.

6. Prepare 1 of onion.

7. Prepare 2 of tomatoes.

8. It’s 4 of large potatoes.

The best githeri is when you boil maize and beans in a pot.

If you are the busy type that does not have the chance of putting together a githeri recipe then buy some from the supermarket.

Knowing how to boil githeri is a useful first step in getting this meal right.

The following are ways on how to make delicious githeri, with a Kenyan touch.

Githeri recipe step by step

1. Boil the maize separately for 30mins and then add the beans till soft.

2. In a sufuria,fry onion and tomatoes.

3. Add cut potatoes, pepper, salt and water,let it boil till theyre soft.

4. When the level of water has reduced and the potatoes are ready,add your mix of beans and maize and mix.

5. Add cut hoho on top and sprinkle coriander leaves.

6. Mix well and let it heat for a few minutes.

7. Serve while hot.

Githeri is one of the main staple foods in Kenya.

It originates from the Kikuyu tribe of Central Kenya but has quickly become popular all across the country.

The dish is basically a bean stew (sometimes with cubes of steak and potatoes mixed in for added flavour and nutrients), very rich in proteins and incredibly healthy and filling.

Githeri is a traditional kenyan dish of which the name derives from the Kikuyu people of Kenya.

It is however eaten all over Kenya and is also know as Mutheri among some Kenyans.