PART 2- CHAPO ACCOMPANIMENT

[Eng_iti]

@Deorro

Hii upus kama hakuna picha jiwekee, siwezi soma. Kwani hadi chapo zako ni talkers unawaficha?

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[system]

@Eng'iti

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:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[tombayeye]

@Mrs Shosho

Guys do you eat pikchas or the food you have cooked after following the recipe?

sisi ni wakenya tunaona food na macho and we can tell if its tasty or not,we can even tell if there’s salt or not ata kabla ya kuonja:D:D:D

[system]

@Eng'iti

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Now now now…eeeish:D do not invite Okiya here. He said that we always have a mtungi of maji next to us and we keep adding water as the guests arrive by numbers.
Pls post your Kisii delicacy! what is it BTW?

[Fala_12]

@Mrs Shosho

Sileti saa hii. Until I master the art of hiding my deets. So until then it is ADIOS.

Tunakujuanga naniii

[Cleopatra_VII]

@Mrs Shosho this confirms that men are visual in cooking too. They can put a dish together using a photo rather than a recipe.

[Cleopatra_VII]

@Mrs Shosho

Folk, now that Chelsea has put a smile back on my face by putting up a eeeer spirited fight to ensure the Wolves do not devour us…I can now complete my chapo dish:

In my house we either have stew Njeri. Ingredients are:
Potatos, carrots, peas, beef/chicken, beef/chicken cubes or any spices that you prefer i.e curry powder, coriander, onion, olive oil, salt, WATER ehee and cabbage.

-Peel the potatos and carrots and chop into cubes, put them to one side.
-I will use beef here. Chop the meat into small/medium cubes.
-Chop the onions and put them in the pot and pour in moderate olive or whatever oil you prefer to use. Stir for less than a minute on low heat.
-Put the meat 1st and let it cook until tender. Then the potatos and your carrots and the beef cubes.
-Put a little water, cover for a few minutes. I cannot emphasize enough that our Kenyan food is best used using your judgement and those vipimo za ingredients. This is where we fail as most people tend to flood the stew…rendering everything v tasteless, soggy and ugly to look at.
-Stir some more and by now everything should be golden brownish.
-Put the peas and keep stirring. One thing though our ingredients hia cooks in like 5 minutes?so I always make sure the heat is v low.
-Put the coriander and tomatoes that you have already blended and keep stirring.
-Surely if you do not get a rich brown gravy hotpot umekosea mahali.
-Chop the cabbage…I tend not to use electronic gadgets:(, not sure why…so I use a chopping board and a knife. Find it quicker.
-Heat a little oil in a heavy pan and put the cabbage in, a little salt and stir fry on v low heat for about 5 minutes or less. Best enjoyed when a bit crunchy and the nutrients.

• Serve with your chapos…

Yes, I always noticed the difference in cooking times for the veges in the west, especially our peas…if not careful, they can be served half cooked.

Also, beef here takes rather long to cook depending on where one buys it. Muhindis beef is the best here. Any muhindis butchery will have nice tender beef that tastes good.

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@Cleopatra VII

@Mrs Shosho this confirms that men are visual in cooking too. They can put a dish together using a photo rather than a recipe.

:D:DAfraid I cannot help out there.

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@Cleopatra VII

Yes, I always noticed the difference in cooking times for the veges in the west, especially our peas…if not careful, they can be served half cooked.

Also, beef here takes rather long to cook depending on where one buys it. Muhindis beef is the best here. Any muhindis butchery will have nice tender beef that tastes good.

True. Stuff like potatos and carrots ready in less than 10 minutes out here. Beef takes forever in Kenya. I gave up goat ribs too…toooooooooo hard.

[system]

@Cleopatra VII

Yes, I always noticed the difference in cooking times for the veges in the west, especially our peas…if not careful, they can be served half cooked.

Also, beef here takes rather long to cook depending on where one buys it. Muhindis beef is the best here. Any muhindis butchery will have nice tender beef that tastes good.

By the way on another ishu…I did some enquiries the other day and found out that suppliers like Best Lady get their stuff from China.

[Cleopatra_VII]

@Mrs Shosho

True. Stuff like potatos and carrots ready in less than 10 minutes out here. Beef takes forever in Kenya. I gave up goat ribs too…toooooooooo hard.

I do more of lamb and pork (in that order), rather than beef.

[Cleopatra_VII]

@Mrs Shosho

By the way on another ishu…I did some enquiries the other day and found out that suppliers like Best Lady get their stuff from China.

Yes, I met some Chinese hair manufacturing companies here at an expo a few days ago. We will be checking them out later.

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@Cleopatra VII

I do more of lamb and pork (in that order), rather than beef.

I don’t eat pork, lamb is fine if not too fatty. But I am slowly going vegan and not by choice…just cannot stomach a lot of meat anymore.

[upepo]

@Mrs Shosho

Sileti saa hii. Until I master the art of hiding my deets. So until then it is ADIOS.

Weka picha ya chakula ama mikono. Why do we have to explain everything? Alafu sijui unaficha nini na tunapitana hapo kwa daraja kila siku.

[slevyn]

nimeachia hapo [SIZE=7]cabbage[/SIZE]… hate that vegetable

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@slevyn

nimeachia hapo [SIZE=7]cabbage[/SIZE]… hate that vegetable

It is optional which is why I make mine as a side dish kama mpango wa kando.

[kush_yule_mnono]

@Mrs Shosho

Sileti saa hii. Until I master the art of hiding my deets. So until then it is ADIOS.

Mng mpenz, cum nkufundishe hio ujanja

[Baba_yake_Digi]

@kush yule mnono

Mng mpenz, cum nkufundishe hio ujanja

Cum!!..

[system]

@kush yule mnono

Mng mpenz, cum nkufundishe hio ujanja

Yoooo hun been meaning to respond to this thread but I get derailed by diaspora/non dispora non ishus. I will take up your offer but only coz I want to post piks of my sojourns round the globe for the Black Templar.
Za kupika …not sure I can post piks of my kitchen on KT. A resounding no hata from the leader of the household! if guys cannot follow a recipe without mbisha for now mieeeen???..I get recipes from my friends, nafuatilia and enjoy. I taught mmyself how to make a proper curry with friends recipes.
Let us catch up some time this week if you are free, your time. Too many updates. Sure pia kutoka kwenyu.