Today we are making Mukimo.
Mukimo is a delicious potato mash with a bunch of ingredients which can be customized to your liking. Kahurura Mukimo is made of mashed potatoes, soft maize and pumpkin leaves (Kahurura) or spinach. You can always substitute the leafy greens for green peas. Making mukimo is super easy and you only need to follow a few steps.
Preparation; You can choose to steam and blend the pumpkin leaves for a smooth consistency when mashing or boil them together with the potatoes and maize then mash them. I particularly like to steam them so that they do not loose their nutritional value due to long boiling. Steaming also helps to get rid of the raw vegetable taste.
** TIPS**
Greens: You can always substitute the pumpkin leaves with spinach or green peas. This may change the taste slightly.
Potatoes: Do not over boil the potatoes. They may become too soft/watery for mashing giving you a runny mukimo. You need the potatoes cooked and soft. Remember to drain the water into a bowl you might need the soup when mashing @3:18 to achieve the perfect consistency.
Onions: Cook the onions until completely brown (almost like they are burning) to give your Mukimo a nice taste to it.
Mukimo is delicious however way you choose to make it and goes well with practically everything. I served the Mukimo with pan fried chicken which I had marinated in honey, garlic and thyme with a sweet honey and garlic sauce. It goes well with beef stew, chicken ,pork or goat meat stew too.
Let`s begin;
INGREDIENTS
- 1 kg of Potatoes
- 2 large bunches of Pumpkin Leaves (Blended to make approximately 1.5 Cups)
- 1 large Onion
- 2 soft Maize combs
- Cooking oil
- Salt to taste
METHOD
Happy Cooking.
If you get to make this let me know how it goes by tagging @Cooking With Nimoh on social media.
I would love to see how it goes.