🥬 Spinach in Peanut Sauce
Spinach in peanut sauce — nutritious green staple.
Mchicha = spinach/greens in peanut or coconut sauce. How to cook tasty Tanzanian mchicha.
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Spinach in Peanut Sauce — Mikahawa ya kazi Dar es Salaam Mchicha with ugali
Ingredients
- 500 g Amaranth or spinach leaves
- 1 cup Coconut milk
- 1 large Onions
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 Tomato
- to taste Salt
How to cook Spinach in Peanut Sauce
Mchicha is Tanzanian amaranth or spinach greens cooked in coconut milk with onion — everyday home food. Eaten with ugali, rice or meat and valued as a healthy family side. Fresh leaves give bright green color and mild flavor.
- Pick over greens, wash thoroughly and drain.
- Dice onion; fry in oil until soft.
- Add minced garlic, stir 30 seconds.
- Add chopped tomato, cook until soft.
- Add greens by handfuls, stir as they wilt.
- Pour in coconut milk, stir gently.
- Cover and cook medium heat 8–10 minutes until tender.
- Uncover, reduce heat and cook 5 minutes until liquid reduces and greens thicken.
- Season with salt; stir gently so leaves do not break apart.
- Serve with ugali, coconut rice or meat stew.
Tips
- Market greens need several washes to remove grit.
- Do not overcook — leaves turn brown and lose nutrients.
- A little coconut milk is enough; greens should not swim in sauce.
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Frequently asked questions
- Jinsi ya kupika mchicha mtamu?
- Ponda njugu au tumia nazi, changanya na mchicha, pika hadi mchuzi uwe mnene. Mapishi ya mchicha mtamu hapa chini.
- Mchicha wa nazi ni nini?
- Mchicha wa nazi ni mchicha uliopikwa na maziwa ya nazi badala ya njugu — toleo la pwani.
- Mchicha Tanzania / mchicha in English?
- Mchicha ni spinach au leafy greens. In English often “spinach in peanut sauce” or amaranth greens stew.
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