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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

  1. Brown the beef, add the onion, garlic and ginger and fry until soft.
  2. Add the tomatoes and curry powder and cook five minutes, until the tomatoes break down.
  3. Add water level with the meat, season and stew thirty minutes, covered.
  4. Peel the bananas under running water and cut them into thick rounds.
  5. Add the bananas to the pot and cook twenty minutes, until tender.
  6. Pour in the coconut milk and warm five minutes without letting it boil. Scatter with coriander.
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