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Legim

Name: Legim
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Haiti
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 2 Eggplant; 1/4 Cabbage; 2 Carrot; 1 bunch Spinach; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 tbsp Lime juice; 2 sprigs Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp Salt; 500ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Eggplant, cabbage, carrots, and spinach slow-stewed with beef and mashed — Haiti's vegetable stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Legim is Haitian home cooking: lots of vegetables such as eggplant, cabbage, carrots, chayote, and spinach are slowly stewed with beef or crab, then broken down into a thick stew. Poured over white rice or cornmeal dishes, it's a highly nourishing dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At midday in a Haitian home, vegetables stewed down to a thick mash in a big pot are spooned over white rice and handed out to the family.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Beef 400g
Eggplant 2
Cabbage 1/4
Carrot 2
Spinach 1 bunch
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Lime juice 2 tbsp
Thyme 2 sprigs
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 500ml
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and rub with lime juice, garlic, and salt.
Heat oil in a pot, brown the beef, and add the onion and tomato paste.
Add water, diced eggplant, cabbage, carrots, thyme, and a whole chili, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
Add the spinach and simmer 5 minutes.
Mash the vegetables with a wooden spatula as you stir until thick, and serve with rice.

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