Mchicha - Tanzanian Spinach & Peanut Curry.
Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 2 lbs spinach
- 1 1/2 ounces peanut butter
- 1 tomato
- 1 onion
- 2 teaspoons curry powder (or paste, your favourite blend!)
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons ghee or 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
Recipe
- 1 wash the spinach & roughly chop. de-skin the tomato, peel and chop. peel and chop the onion.
- 2 mix the peanut butter with the coconut milk in a jug & set aside.
- 3 heat the ghee . butter over a medium heat in a large frying pan. add the onion, tomato, salt and curry powder / paste and sauté for 5 minutes, or until the onion becomes soft.
- 4 add the spinach, continue cooking for about 15 to 20 minutes, until the spinach is cooked.
- 5 pour the peanut butter and coconut milk mixture into the pan & stir gently to mix.
- 6 simmer, for another 5 minutes, stirring constantly, to ensure that the mixture does not stick to the pot.
- 7 this dish makes a lovely side dish, & can also be eaten with rice, ugali or samp and beans to form a delicious main course.
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