Kenyan Mukimo Recipe
A healthy, delicious and easy to make Mukimo is what you need today. Try this recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 kg Irish potatoes
- 2 cups of maize kernel
- kahurura leaves
- 1 cup Green Peas optional
- l Large Onion optional
Instructions
Preparation
- It's one of the easiest meals to prepare yet artistic in the mashing process. If you like healthy options then you will like this meal.
- So start by peeling the potatoes, cleaning them and then setting them aside in a pot.
- Get the maize kernels from the cob. Be gentle with this because we often use very soft and fresh maize.
- Clean and cut your kahurura/ pumpkin leaves
Boil the maize and peas
- Generally, the maize we use may take a little longer to cook than the potatoes so we set them to cook first.
- Rinse the maize and peas, set them in a pot and add water to boil. The boiling should take not more than 20 minutes.
- If you still have excess water, drain in the potatoes to use in the boiling.
Boiling the potatoes and the leaves
- Mix the potatoes with the leaves and enough water and salt to start the boiling.
- You can chop the onion and add it to the boiling potatoes to flavor them.
- When it's almost fully cooked then you can add salt, the boiled maize and peas to boil for 2 minutes.
Alternatively
- Boil the leaves aside and then blend it to a smooth paste. Next boil the potatoes and when almost ready add the blended leaves then go to the xtep below.
Mash it all together
- Now, you need to mash it all together. Use a potato masher for this process. Take your time to ensure the leaves mix in the potatoes properly.
- When ready then serve with your favorite meats or saucy veggie dish to make it a complete meal.
Notes
Traditionally, we use Kahurura leaves, but you can also use pumpkin leaves.
I love the leftover mukimo because the next day, I can fry it with a lot of onions to make it even richer in flavor. Make sure you try it the next day. But sautee chopped onions and then add the mukimo to the onions. It's delicious.