Rinse 250 g dried maize and soak it overnight (12 hours) in 600 g water.

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.