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Mukimo

Name: Mukimo
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Kenya
Ingredients: 4 Potato; 1 cup Corn Kernels; 1 cup Beans (cooked); 1 bunch Pumpkin Leaves or Greens; 1/2 Onion; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; To taste Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Potatoes, corn, and greens mashed together — a green mash essential at Kenyan celebrations.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mukimo is a traditional Kikuyu dish of potatoes, corn, beans, and greens (usually pumpkin leaves) boiled together and mashed into a vivid green mash. It's often served at weddings and birthdays and is the classic side for nyama choma, Kenyan grilled meat.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a celebration, family and relatives gather around a big round mound of green mukimo and help themselves.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 4
Corn Kernels 1 cup
Beans (cooked) 1 cup
Pumpkin Leaves or Greens 1 bunch
Onion 1/2
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Salt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the potatoes, corn, and beans together until tender.
Boil the greens separately and chop finely.
Combine everything and mash.
Mix in sautéed onion.
Season with salt, shape into a mound, and serve.

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