Sam, a friend from church, commented about how we(Zimbabweans) put peanut butter into everything. It had never dawned on me, but its true. You see in rural Zimbabwe, all the fields except for one “belong” to the husband; the one is left for the wife to grow peanuts, bambara groundnuts (nyimo), pumpkins and sweet potatoes. In my opinion the most important field. So today for lunch I decided to have collard greens in peanut sauce (muriwo unedovi). This recipe is so versatile you can use any greens you like as well as meat. The best way for me, is using mustard greens but you know to each his own. Here is the recipe:
Recipe : Muriwo unedovi (Greens in peanut sauce)
Ingredients
- 5 leaves Collard Greens cut into ribbons
- 1 tbsp Peanut butter
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- Salt and Pepper
- Red pepper flakes
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 to mato chopped
Instructions
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Boil 1 cup salted water, add the greens and simmer for 8 minutes. Remove from pan and drain the water.
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Saute onions and tomatoes in the olive oil. Add peanut butter, season with salt and pepper. If you like your food spicy add the red pepper flakes here. Add quarter of a cup of water to the sauce, reduce heat to medium low and let it simmer for five minutes.
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Add back the greens and simmer for about two minutes.
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Serve with sadza or rice.
8 comments
wow!!!! great!!!!! many thanks chiregai ndirovere madam kasadza vanobva kubasa vachidya nemuriwo wakarungwa kwazvo. baba Titi
hi there i was in a class yrs ago with a woman from zimbabwea sp?
we created collards with pnut sauce
this recipe helped me remember what to do
actually she just stirred in the pnut butter
joy to you
joyce in new mexico usa
That is how my mum does it as well. It saves time and you have fewer dishes to clean.
[…] I have only seen these greens eaten in Zimbabwe, other countries grow them for the seeds to make canola oil. It is not my absolute favourite but I miss the food I grew up eating. The taste is similar to kale, perhaps it is milder. When cooked, rape greens wilt a lot like spinach. In Zimbabwe people like to pair them with beef bone stew or offals. I prefer to have them in peanut butter sauce using this recipe I have shared before. […]
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[…] A lot of variations of this recipe don’t add greens, but like I said, I think they’re an integral part of this dish (and why not bump up the nutrition, right?). I honestly can’t remember where I first got the inspiration to add greens to this stew, but recipes for African-inspired peanut butter or almond butter stews with greens are abundant; like on New York Times Cooking, Food52, Cookie + Kate, and Princess Tafadzwa. […]
Hi. If I want to make a big tray for about 15 people. How much bundles of greens I need.
About 7 bundles or 75 leaves.
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