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Kenyan Mukimo (Mokimo)
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Kenyan Mukimo (Mokimo)

Kenyan Mukimo is a traditional mashed dish combining potatoes, pumpkin leaves or spinach, and corn kernels. Cooking these ingredients together and mashing them creates a textured, flavorful blend often enriched with sautéed spring onions. The dish offers a soft, hearty texture with a gentle vegetable flavor highlighted by the green notes from fresh leaves. It's commonly served hot as an accompaniment to beef, goat meat (mbuzi), or tripe (matumbo), alongside fresh sides like green vegetables, kachumbari, or avocado, providing a balanced, filling meal.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
42 mins
Total Time
57 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: African

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp neutral cooking oil generic cooking oil
  • 2.2 lb potato
  • 2 handfuls pumpkin leaves soft and fresh, or spinach
  • 3 cups corn kernels
  • spring onion finely chopped, a bunch
  • salt to taste

Instructions

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  1. Peel the potatoes, cut in half, wash them, and set aside.
  2. Prepare the pumpkin leaves by removing the stalk and chopping them.
  3. Mix the pumpkin leaves, maize, and potatoes in a sufuria (cooking pot) and add some water. Just enough for everything to cook well.
  4. Place the sufuria or cooking pot on a medium heat and boil for 30 minutes.
  5. Add a pinch of salt and cook for another 10 minutes.
  6. Reduce the heat and mush everything together using a wooden spoon until well blended.
  7. Remove from heat and set aside.
  8. In another larger pot, heat the oil and sauté the spring onions.
  9. When golden brown, turn the heat down to a minimum and add the mashed potato mixture. Mix well.
  10. Remove from the heat and serve while hot.
  11. Mukimo can be served hot with beef, mbuzi, or matumbo, together with a portion of green veggies, kachumbari, or avocado

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