Cooking Times

20 min
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
60 min
Total Time

Ingredients (10 items)

2.00 cups White cornmeal
fine ground
4.00 cups Water
1.00 tsp Salt
1.00 cup Kapenta
dried small fish
4.00 Tomatoes
chopped
2.00 Onions
chopped
3.00 tbsp Cooking oil
3.00 cloves Garlic
minced
2.00 cups Green vegetables
rape or spinach
0.50 cup Groundnuts
crushed peanuts

Instructions (7 steps)

1
Bring salted water to boil in heavy pot.
2
Gradually add cornmeal while stirring constantly.
3
Cook stirring for 25 minutes until very thick.
4
Clean and soak kapenta, then fry until crispy.
5
Cook onions and garlic, add tomatoes.
6
Add kapenta and simmer with groundnuts.
7
Serve nshima with kapenta and steamed greens.