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Collard greens stewed with onion and tomato. The everyday accompaniment to ugali across East Africa.
4 servings · 35 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 700 g Collard greens, finely shredded
- 2 piece Onion
- 4 piece Tomatoes
- 4 clove Garlic
- 50 ml Vegetable oil
- 1 tsp Ground cumin
- 1 piece Lemon
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Strip the tough stems from the leaves, roll the leaves up and shred them fine.
- Fry the onion in oil until soft, add the garlic and cumin and warm them a minute.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and cook seven minutes, until they collapse into a paste.
- Add the greens, salt them and stir. They collapse by half within a minute.
- Add half a cup of water, cover and stew ten minutes; the greens should soften but stay green.
- Finish with lemon juice and serve with ugali or rice.
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