Mbaazi, maize and bean stew with mashed potatoes

This is day two of no-meat dishes!

The inspiration for this was colour. I had this picture in my head of what the mix of mbaazi with beans and maize would look like. Thought it might taste good too.

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-8 — served

I still had some mbaazi left from from the batch I got from Aunty. Thought this would be a good way to finish it.

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-1 — start with a teaspoon of cumin seeds and 3 cloves of chopped garlic

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-2 — add 1 large grated carrot. Let the carrots fry until they start to caramelise a little

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-3 — add a cup of pre-cooked mbaazi, a cup of pre-cooked maize and a cup of pre-cooked beans, stir

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-4 — add 2 chopped tomatoes, stir and cover. Let it continue to cook on low heat. Stir it every few minutes, don’t let it dry out, add a bit of water if it needs it

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-5 — after about 20minutes the flavours should have melded nicely !

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-6 — meanwhile, I boiled some potatoes and sweet potatoes, then I mashed them roughly, added a tablespoon of dried tarragon…

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-7 — … and a the juice of half a lemon. Yes, added to the mashed potatoes. It was there, leftover from pancakes we had for breakfast,… I though, why not?

20120724-mbaazi-maize-and-bean-stew-with-sweet-potato-9 — I build a wall around the plate with the mashed potatoes and filled the centre with the stew. I had this thought, that when I have a son, I would tell him it’s a fortress and the potatoes were the wall he had to eat through to get to the treasure in the middle! (^_^)

Husband Rating:

Oh I loved the flavour! The sweet notes from the sweet potatoes and the tarragon were nice, mixed in with the githeri-like, but not quite githeri mix and the occasional lemony flavour. Just nice! If you want something semi traditional, not excessively flavoured, this is it!

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