Ndizi na Nyama

Green bananas stewed with beef and coconut.

Ingredients

• 8 Green bananas
• 700 g Beef
• 400 ml Coconut milk
• 2 Onion
• 3 Tomatoes
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 tbsp Curry powder
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 2 tsp Salt
• 3 cups Water

Method

1. Prepare the bananas — Peel the green bananas under running water — the sap stains hands and knives — and hold them in salted water.
2. Brown the beef — Sear the beef, then add onion, garlic and curry powder.
3. Simmer — Add tomato and water and cook 1 hour until tender.
4. Add bananas — Add the bananas and cook 20 minutes until soft.
5. Add coconut — Pour in the coconut milk and simmer gently 10 minutes without boiling hard.
6. Ndizi na Nyama is ready — Season and serve hot.

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