I came across Ayiecho from a friend in high school who was so excited about being luo she was practically well versed in the culture and the foods despite being only half luo.I on the other hand,fully fledged had no idea its name..so i asked my mother and she told me how it was made, traditionally its preparation would take not less that three days of boiling and adding of milk & covering till the milk is sour enough. She made it for me and its safe to say its been a personal favourite since then. Thank you Stacy Thank you Mum
Fast forward with modern technology we already have the milk made sour in advance. So preparing this dish isn't a lengthy process.
Here's how to make it in forty minutes as opposed to four days .
Ingredients
I used just the normal bunches of these green vegetables as sold in the market. The number of leaves vary in different areas but ideally i took one bunch of each and two of mchicha (amaranth). So here goes
-1 bunch Managu/Osuga/Mnavu
- 2 bunches Mchicha
- 1 bunch kunde
-1 bunch mrenda
- 2 table spoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon royco beef mchuzi mix
- 500 ml sour milk/ mala
- 3tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large onion
- 4 cloves garlic or garlic powder .
-1 bunch Managu/Osuga/Mnavu
- 2 bunches Mchicha
- 1 bunch kunde
-1 bunch mrenda
- 2 table spoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon royco beef mchuzi mix
- 500 ml sour milk/ mala
- 3tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 large onion
- 4 cloves garlic or garlic powder .
Method
1. Sort the vegetables some leave the stalks intact some discard the stalks and leave the leaves. Personally i like a little stalk so just a bit of it when sorting.
2. Wash thoroughly(at least four times) to get rid of the sand.
3. Chop them up roughly especially the osuga because it might have big leaves.
4. Place in a pot on a flame,add chopped onions, garlic,vegetable oil ,salt to taste, royco, black pepper and the baking powder.
(The baking powder is to soften the vegetables as they may be tough and require a long period of boiling,this makes it faster).
5. Cover and leave to boil till there is no liquid approximately 15 minutes.
6. Add the sour milk and cover for another ten minutes. Reduce heat.
2. Wash thoroughly(at least four times) to get rid of the sand.
3. Chop them up roughly especially the osuga because it might have big leaves.
4. Place in a pot on a flame,add chopped onions, garlic,vegetable oil ,salt to taste, royco, black pepper and the baking powder.
(The baking powder is to soften the vegetables as they may be tough and require a long period of boiling,this makes it faster).
5. Cover and leave to boil till there is no liquid approximately 15 minutes.
6. Add the sour milk and cover for another ten minutes. Reduce heat.
*Serve with hot ugali and any animal protein available.
* Goes very well with fried beef or kienyeji chicken
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* Goes very well with fried beef or kienyeji chicken
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