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Kenyan Recipes
Kenyan Recipes
1 kg dry beans 1 & 1/2 kg dry maize 3 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons fat (or butter) 2 small or 1 big onion 4 tomatoes Cream from a coconut Curry powder and pepper (according to taste) Method 1. Wash the maize and the beans, mix them together, and soak overnight. 2. Boil them in unsalted water until soft: and pour off some of the water. 3. Add the coconut cream. 4. Cut the onion and the tomatoes into pieces and add these to the pot. 5. Mix in the curry powder, pepper and salt and stir in the fat. 6. Simmer over low heat till thoroughly cooked and serve hot. Can be eaten alone or as an addition to any meat or fish dish.
1 bowl of rice The cream from one coconut 1 tablespoon salt Some water Method 1. Wash and soak the rice in water for a few minutes. 2. Boil the water and then add the coconut cream. 3. When the mixture boils again add the rice and salt, and boil till the rice is thoroughly cooked. 4. Take the cooking pot off the stove and (if you can manage it) cover it with a piece of tin and put some burning charcoal on top of it. 5. Remove the tin after some time and serve -- with vegetables, soup, beef stew, fish etc.
Milk from one coconut and/or cup of peanut cream 1 onion 2 tomatoes Salt and pepper Method: 1. Wash the beans and soak them overnight. 2. Boil the beans in unsalted water; adding the coconut milk and/or peanut cream before the beans are completely cooked. Some types of beans need an hour or two, others much less. 3. Cut the onion and the tomatoes into pieces and add these with salt and pepper to taste. 4. Cook together for 5 minutes or longer -- till all the vegetables are completely cooked-- and serve with ugali, rice or chapati.
1 medium sized fresh fish 2 tablespoons cooking fat 1/2 cup water Salt (and pepper if desired) Method: 1. Clean the fish and cut it into pieces. 2. Melt the fat in a pot and add the fish. 3. Fry it until the fat is absorbed, then add the water (carefully!) and a little salt, and cook slowly till soft. 4. Serve hot with vegetables and either rice or ugali.