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“Maize and beans mixed in a sufuria, boiled until fully cooked. The staple food of Central and Eastern Kenya.”

Githeri

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Githeri (Gĩtheri), also called muthere or mutheri, mûthekia-ngûkû is a traditional Kenyan meal consisting of maize kernels and legumes (primarily beans) mixed and boiled together. The maize and beans are mixed in a sufuria, a type of pot, with water added, and the mixture is boiled until fully cooked. It is the staple food of the Gikuyu, Meru, Embu people and Mbeere people in the Central Province and Eastern Province of Kenya. It is also popular in other parts of the country, such as with the Kamba people of the Eastern Province, and communities in Western and Rift Valley parts of Kenya. The primary ingredients for this dish, maize and beans, are commonly found in local farms and homesteads. The dish is widespread and is also a traditional dish from North Africa to South Africa. The base ingredients of githeri are used in many other meals from different regions. Both fresh and dried beans and maize can be used for githeri. Githeri can also be made into a stew with the addition of vege

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Githeri is a Kenyan staple that asks nothing of you but a sufuria, water, and whatever maize and beans grow in your backyard. The kernels and legumes boil down together into something whole—a meal so foundational it's fed generations of schoolchildren since the 1920s, and so adaptable it becomes stew, becomes mukimo, becomes whatever your kitchen holds.

Order it here when it has

  • widely accessible ingredients
  • rooted in multiple ethnic traditions
  • health benefits
  • served in hotels and schools

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