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Ndizi na nyama
Green bananas stewed with beef in coconut milk. A Chagga dish from the slopes of Kilimanjaro.
4 servings · 85 minutes (estimated)
Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 600 g Beef, diced
- 8 piece Green bananas
- 400 ml Coconut milk
- 2 piece Onions
- 3 piece Tomatoes
- 4 clove Garlic
- 30 g Ginger
- 1 tbsp Curry powder
- 30 g Coriander
- 50 ml Vegetable oil
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Brown the beef, add the onion, garlic and ginger and fry until soft.
- Add the tomatoes and curry powder and cook five minutes, until the tomatoes break down.
- Add water level with the meat, season and stew thirty minutes, covered.
- Peel the bananas under running water and cut them into thick rounds.
- Add the bananas to the pot and cook twenty minutes, until tender.
- Pour in the coconut milk and warm five minutes without letting it boil. Scatter with coriander.
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