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Kenyan Mukimo Mash With Garlic Seared Beef Strips

Name: Kenyan Mukimo Mash With Garlic Seared Beef Strips
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 680 g russet potatoes, peeled and quartered; 150 g fresh spinach, washed; 150 g sweet corn kernels, cooked; 150 g sweet green peas, cooked; 450 g beef sirloin, cut into thin strips; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3 clove garlic cloves, minced; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp salt

Hearty central Kenyan comfort food featuring potato mash folded with sweet corn, green peas, and pureed spinach, topped with fast-seared garlic beef strips.

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 30 min
Total: 50 min

Technique to learn

Herbal Mash Integration

Incorporating a dark green leaf puree into warm cooked potatoes prior to mashing to bind color, nutrients, and moisture uniformly.

Instructions

Step 1: Place quartered potatoes into a large pot of salted water, bring to a boil, and cook for 15 minutes until tender.
Step 2: Blanch fresh spinach in boiling water for 1 minute, drain, cool in ice water, and blend with 2 tablespoons of water into a smooth green puree.
Drain cooked potatoes, add green spinach puree, and mash thoroughly with a potato masher until smooth and evenly green.

Step 4: Fold sweet corn kernels and green peas into the green potato mash until distributed, adjust seasoning with salt, and keep warm.

Step 5: Heat vegetable oil in a heavy frying pan over high heat until smoking hot.

Step 6: Season beef sirloin strips with ground cumin and salt, then flash-sear beef with minced garlic in batches for 2 to 3 minutes until browned.

Step 7: Spoon warm green mukimo mash onto plates and top with hot seared garlic beef strips.

Cooking tips

Do not overcrowd the pan when searing beef to ensure high heat creates a good crust without steaming meat.
Blend spinach thoroughly to achieve the traditional vibrant green color across the mash.
Original home-cooking adaptation inspired by Kenyan; regional versions vary.
Use halal-certified meat, poultry, stock, sauces, cheese and other processed ingredients. Check labels and avoid cross-contamination. Recipe screening is not halal certification.

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