Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, githeri. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Githeri (Gĩtheri), also called muthere or mutheri, is a Kenyan traditional meal of maize and legumes, mostly beans of any type mixed and boiled together. The maize and beans are mixed together in a sufuria or pot, water is then added and the mixture boiled until the food is cooked and ready to eat. Githeri is the staple food of the Gikuyu, Meru and Embu people in the Central Province of Kenya.

Githeri is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Githeri is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook githeri using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Githeri:

1. Make ready 4 cups preboiled maize and beans
2. Take 2 tomatoes
3. Take 1 carrot
4. Make ready 6 potatoes
5. Prepare Few leaves dhania/cilantro
6. Take 1/2 tsp curry powder
7. Take 1/4 tsp black pepper
8. Take To taste Salt
9. Get 1 spring onion
10. Prepare 2 cloves garlic(crushed)
11. Get 1 small piece ginger(crushed)
12. Make ready 1 small piece tumeric(crushed)

Githeri is a corn and bean one pot meal which originated from the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya. It is also known as muthere or mutheri. It is traditionally prepared with dry beans and corn, however, to prepare this amazingly delicious recipe, I used canned beans and frozen corn for ease and convenience; so, it is perfect for those times when you need to whip something healthy up quickly. Githeri is a traditional kenyan dish of which the name derives from the Kikuyu people of Kenya.

Instructions to make Githeri:

1. Wash all the ingredients.Peel,cut into cubes or desired shapes.
2. In a frying pan,heat oil,add the onions and the dhania stalks.Add crushed ginger,garlic and tumeric and fry till golden brown.
3. Add carrots(i don't like mine cruchy,so I let them over cook)add black pepper,curry powder and salt and a little water and let it cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes and let it cook.Add your potatoes,water and let it cook.
5. Add your preboiled maize and beans after the potatoes have cooked,add water.Test to taste the salt and add if needed.Let it cook.
6. Add your dhania leaves and let it cook for a minute and simmer.
7. Serve with avocado and enjoy!

It is however eaten all over Kenya and is also know as Mutheri among some Kenyans. This typical kenyan stapple food consists mainly of beans and mais, but can be served with some extras. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Adapted from an old Kenyan recipe, Githeri features slow-cooked corn and beans, gently simmered in a fragrant and spicy coconut milk base. Recipe: Githeri is a simple Kenyan meal enjoyed in most Kenyan homes.

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