Mukimo
Mukimo, from above
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Mukimo

Mashed potato, peas, corn and greens. Green mash with Kikuyu roots, born for nyama choma.

40 minTime
8 gProtein each
mildSpice
Kikuyu mash1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPotatoes, peas, corn and greens, mashed.
The original
233kcalsame
8 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
40minutessame

Classic mukimo.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Potato5 medium, peeled
Green peas1 cup
Sweet corn kernels (corn kernels)1 cup
Spinach1 bunch (pumpkin leaves traditionally)
Onion1 small, chopped
Butter1½ tbsp
Waterfor boiling
Saltto taste

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Boil the potatoes, peas and corn in salted water until the potatoes are very soft.
  2. 2Blanch the greens in the same water for 2 minutes, then blend or chop finely.
  3. 3Drain, add greens, butter and fried onion and mash together.
Serve it like this

Press into a bowl and turn out as a dome, or spoon beside nyama choma with a stew poured over.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Mukimo: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Nyama choma100 min
With a main Classic beef stew150 min
On the side Kachumbari10 min
To drink Kokum sharbat25 min
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