Githeri

  • Vegan
  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Kenyan stew of dried maize and red kidney beans with tomatoes and onion; a complete meat-free main dish without a side.

4 servingsFinal yield 2,400 g

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Ingredients

  • 250 gCorn grain, yellow
  • 850 gBeans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt
  • 400 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
  • 200 gOnions, raw
  • 25 gGarlic, raw
  • 30 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 1,000 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 150 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Rinse 250 g dried maize and soak it overnight (12 hours) in 600 g water.
  2. Cook the maize with its soaking water and another 400 g water, covered, for 150 minutes at 95 °C until tender; keep the remaining liquid.
  3. Chop onion and garlic, and chop tomatoes. Fry onion in oil for 8 minutes at 170 °C and add garlic for the final minute.
  4. Add tomatoes, 150 g water and salt and cook uncovered for 12 minutes into a thick sauce.
  5. Add the cooked maize with its liquid and the cooked beans and simmer for 15 minutes until heated through.
  6. Divide all githeri among four bowls without a further side.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,446.5 kcal
Protein
104.6 g
Fat
47.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
422 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
81.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.6 g
Sodium
2,112.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
5.3 g

Per serving

Energy
611.6 kcal
Protein
26.1 g
Fat
11.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
105.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
20.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
1.7 g
Sodium
528.2 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.3 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
101.9 kcal
Protein
4.4 g
Fat
2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
17.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
3.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
0.28 g
Sodium
88 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.22 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains none of the 14 main allergens.

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal