Month: November 2011
Yummies from Mama!
Pineapple, mango and pawpaw juice
Steamed tilapia, sweet peas and sweetcorn on white rice, topped with star anise white sauce
Raisin scones
Fried liver with baked sweet potatoes and pumpkin leaves
Carrot and onion omelette
Mango and pawpaw whip
What is blanching?
Rice+peas, tilapia, caramelised onions, pumpkin leaves+comfrey
Easy scones
I’ve been wanting to make scones for while now so I’ve looked at many recipes online. I wanted them for breakfast so the preparation and cooking time had to be supper short. I finally found one on the Once Upon A Chef website. I didn’t have some of her ingredients but I liked how quick and simple it was.… Read More
Chapos with ndengu and matumbo
Stewed taro root/magimbi/nduma/arrow root
Rice and ndengu
I didn’t grow up eating ndengu (green grams), at least not that I remember. My mother didn’t cook them. I think mostly because she didn’t grow up eating them herself.
I also like to cook the things I remember eating in my mother’s house. Potatoes, nduma, sweet potatoes, matoke, rice, beans, plantain, chicken, beef, goat and the usual vegetables like spinach, mchicha, pumpkin leaves, green-beans, cabbage, etc. Oh! and ugali, how could I forget ugali! The list goes on and on!