Mbuzi Choma (Roasted Goat)
A Kenyan dinner made with lamb. Ready in about 1 hour 17 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 17 minPrep (about)
- 1 hrCook (about)
- 1 hr 17 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 2.2 lb goat meat
Fresh & other
- 2.2 lb corn flour
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 green chile Shopping tip: Jalapeño for mild (seeds out); serrano for hot.
- 1 bunch cilantro Shopping tip: Fresh cilantro (UK: coriander). Use the leaves and soft stems.
Spices & seasonings (1): salt
- Pinch salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
- 1. Steps for the Meat
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Roast meat on medium heat for 50 min and salt it as you turn it.
- 2. Steps for Ugali
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Bring your water plus salt to boil in a heavy-bottomed pot.
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Mix in your cornmeal slowly, letting it fall through your fingers of your hand, 3.
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Turn the heat down to medium-low plus continue stirring regularly, smashing any lumps using a spoon, till your mush pulls away from your sides of your pot and becomes very thick, around 10 minutes.
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4.take it off the heat and let it cool, 5.
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Place the ugali in a large serving bowl.
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Wet your hands using water, form a ball.
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Serve, 6.
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Steps for Kachumbari: Mix the coriander leaves, chili, onions and tomatoes in a bowl, 7.
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Serve.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.