Easy Homemade Mukimo Recipe

Mukimo is mostly associated with the Kikuyu people in Kenya. The Mukimo dish comprises of mashed potatoes, pumpkin/spinach leaves, green maize, and peas.

Easy Homemade Mukimo Recipe

Mukimo is famous in the country as it is among the many Kenyan dishes served in hotels, restaurants, and local food joints. You can try this recipe to make mukimo at home.

Ingredients

Eight medium-sized potatoes

One cup of green maize

One cup of peas

3 Pumpkin leaves

Cooking Oil

One large onion

Preparations

Wash peel and boil the potatoes in slightly salted water until soft.

In a separated pan, boil the green maize and peas until tender.

Blend the pumpkin leaves or boil them with green maize and peas.

Mash the potatoes, then add the pumpkin leaves, green maize, and peas.

Add oil to a cooking pan, chop the onions and fry them in the oil until they get a brown coating, and put them aside.

Add the fried onions to the mixture and mix them until uniformly combined.

Serve your Mukimo with a dish of beef stew or any other preferred dish.