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Beef Stew

🍲 Beef Stew

Slow-cooked beef — Swahili stew or shank with rich gravy.

Nyama mchuzi = meat stew. Spice list (viungo vya nyama) and step-by-step Tanzania recipe.

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Ingredients

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Serves 6 Prep 20 min Cook 90 min Calories ~411 kcal
  • 800 g Beef stew meat
  • 2 large Onions
  • 4 Tomatoes
  • 1 thumb Ginger
  • 3 tbsp Oil
  • 2 cups Stock
  • to taste Salt and pepper
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How to cook Beef Stew

Nyama mchuzi is everyday Tanzanian meat stew with onions, tomatoes and spices simmered until tender. Eaten with ugali, rice or chapati lunch and dinner. Universal home cooking across regions.

  1. Cut meat into bite pieces, salt.
  2. Brown meat in oil until golden.
  3. Add onions, cook until soft.
  4. Add ginger and garlic, stir 2 minutes.
  5. Add tomatoes, cook until thick sauce forms.
  6. Pour in stock, cover and simmer 1 hour.
  7. Stir occasionally, add water if needed.
  8. Meat should be tender and sauce thick.
  9. Adjust salt and pepper.
  10. Serve with ugali, rice or chapati.

Tips

  • Slow simmering tenderizes meat.
  • Enough tomatoes thicken stew without flour.

Frequently asked questions

Jinsi ya kupika mchuzi wa nyama?
Kaanga vitunguu, ongeza nyama na viungo, mimina maji na pika hadi laini. Mapishi hapa chini.
Viungo vya nyama / viungo vya mchuzi ni vipi?
Viungo vya nyama na viungo vya mchuzi wa nyama: chumvi, pilipili, curry, tangawizi, nyanya — orodha kamili iko kwenye Viungo.
Mchuzi ni nini?
Mchuzi ni sauce au stew inayofunga chakula — mfano mchuzi wa nyama kwa ugali au wali.

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