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Katogo (Ugandan Mixed Breakfast Vegetables)

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Katogo is a traditional Ugandan dish usually eaten for breakfast. It was mostly regarded to as a poor man's food, but with time and creativity, even the rich love to eat it too.

Ingredients

  • 500 g peeled green bananas (matooke)
  • Cooking oil
  • 1 medium-size onion, neatly chopped
  • 1 medium-size green pepper, neatly chopped
  • 3 medium-size grated tomatoes
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 250 g boiled beans

Instructions

  1. 1
    Chop the green bananas and set aside.
  2. 2
    Sauté the onions in a pot of cooking oil until lightly browned.
  3. 3
    Add the pepper and tomatoes, then season to taste with salt. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
  4. 4
    Add the banana, and stir for another minute.
  5. 5
    Add the water and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat.
  6. 6
    Stir in the cumin, curry powder, and black pepper. Make sure all the spices are well-incorporated. Simmer for 2 minutes, and adjust the spices to taste.
  7. 7
    Rinse the cooked beans with clean water, then drain them well. Stir into the pot, and simmer for another 10 minutes.
  8. 8
    Serve hot, garnished with coriander.

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Katogo_(Ugandan_Mixed_Breakfast_Vegetables)