Sylvia's Tasty Githeri

Name: Sylvia's Tasty Githeri
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 cobs tender fresh maize; 2 cups yellow beans; 1 cup pumpkin inside flesh; 2 ripe tomatoes; 1 medium-sized bulb onion; 2 tbs cooking oil; to taste Salt; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tsp ginger paste

Waweru Karungari @cook_12205507

Mariakani

#local food contest_Mombasa

Waweru Karungari @cook_12205507

Mariakani

#local food contest_Mombasa

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Ingredients

2 hr

2 servings

2cobs tender fresh maize
2 cupsyellow beans
1 cuppumpkin inside flesh
2ripe tomatoes
1medium-sized bulb onion
2 tbscooking oil
to tasteSalt
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tspginger paste

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Steps

2 hr

1

Remove maize from their kernels.
2

Remove any foreign material from the beans and mix the maize and beans.Wash clean.
3

Soak the githeri mixture for about two hours.
4

Boil using pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
5

Meanwhile shred the Onion, tomatoes and pumpkin insides separately.
6

Once the githeri is cooked, fry the onions until pale. Add ginger and garlic pastes. Add the pumpkin insides and cook till tender.Add tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
7

Add the githeri and stir to mix with the tomato mixture. Cook for about 5 minutes while checking to avoid burning to allow the tomatoes to seep into the githeri.
8

Add water and simmer for 10 minutes. Check occasionally to avoid burning.
9

Garnish with boiled eggs and serve immediately.