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Muriwo Unedovi

Name: Muriwo Unedovi
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zimbabwe
Ingredients: 2 bunches Spinach; 3 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; 100ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Greens simmered with tomato and onion and enriched with peanut butter — a classic Zimbabwean side.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Muriwo unedovi means 'greens with peanut butter' and is one of the most common dishes on Zimbabwean tables. Kale-like covo greens or pumpkin leaves are chopped, simmered with tomato and onion, and finished with peanut butter. It's eaten with sadza almost every day.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Greens just picked from a Zimbabwean village field simmer with peanut butter in a kitchen pot and are served next to white porridge.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Spinach 2 bunches
Peanut butter 3 tbsp
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the spinach.
Heat oil in a pot, sauté the chopped onion, and add the chopped tomato, cooking until it breaks down.
Add the greens and water and simmer 5 minutes.
Dissolve the peanut butter in a little hot water and add.
Season with salt and simmer 3 minutes until creamy.

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