In the Kitchen
This blog post will be different than our normal posts, but we wanted to share with you one of the most common and most simple dishes to prepare here in Tanzania. It is eaten almost every day and is called mboga majani. Translated directly, it is called vegetable of leaves. Each family prepares this dish with slight variations. Joy agreed to let me video how her family likes it! We made it with an equal amount of these two greens. I do not have the names of them in English but the small ones (as seen above) are a slightly bitter like kale. The large leafy one (above) is slightly prickly and very similar to spinach or swiss chard. You can substitute any leafy greens! It will taste more like the one prepared here if you use at least one semi bitter green. I only had one tomato today, but usually there are equal amounts of carrots and tomato. Some families also put in a bit of thick coconut milk when available. All in all, the recipe is quit ...