Maharagwe (Kenyan bean curry/stew) By jake

8 servings
20 minutes
1 hour
1 hour, 20 minutes
Much loved dish in Kenya, found everywhere. I would guess it's inspired by the south asian Rajma cur

Ingredients

2 tins of kidney beans
2 onions
8 cloves of garlic
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp coriander powder
3 cm stick of cinnamon
5 cm piece of ginger
1 tin of coconut milk
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 litre of stock
2 bay leaves
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp of chilli powder
4-6 fresh chillies

Directions

1 .
Finely chop onions and add to a large deep pan, and fry in some oil to soften
2 .
Finely chop or blend or grate garlic and ginger and add to the softened onions in the pan
3 .
Add spices to the pan and fry for a couple of minutes
4 .
Drain beans and add to pan, add tinned tomatoes, coconut milk and stock
5 .
Simmer for about an hour, let all the flavours get to know each other, and thicken to a nice consistency