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Likhobe

Name: Likhobe
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Lesotho
Ingredients: 200g (dried) Red kidney beans; 150g Corn grits; 1 Onion; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beans and cracked corn cooked together — Lesotho's traditional bean dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Likhobe is the Sesotho name for beans cooked with grains: beans are boiled tender with hulled cracked corn (samp) or sorghum grains. Seasoned simply with salt, this filling dish sustains mountain life through Lesotho's harsh winters.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Lesotho village in winter, against snow-capped mountains, beans and corn stew in a big pot inside a stone house.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Red kidney beans 200g (dried)
Corn grits 150g
Onion 1
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the beans in water overnight.
Change the water and boil the beans for 1 hour until tender.
Add the maize meal and simmer 30 minutes, stirring.
In another pan, heat oil and sauté the sliced onion until golden.
Add the onion to the beans and season with salt.

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