#githeri

Hello, old friends. And hello, new ones. I’ve been gone a while. Life happened — the kind that doesn’t ask permission. Work, children, a husband, dreams in progress, and that very Kenyan tradition of carrying everything with a smile and praying nothing cracks. But here’s the thing about food: it always brings you back. I cooked githeri last Tuesday. Not the boring kind — my kind. The kind that…

An amazing #vegan recipe for #githeri, an all-time favorite meal in Kenya, Africa. #africancuisine #veganrecipe #kenyameal #cornrecipes #beanrecipes

A simple recipe to making Githeri

Githeri Stew

Growing up we ate a lot of githeri. I’m not sure we ate it because it was a Kikuyu ( One of the tribes in Kenya that I belong to) traditional meal or because it was cheap. We (the kids) hated it mostly because the corn used to prepare it was dry and tough and also because it was seen as the poor man’s meal. The main ingredients were cheap and…