Vegetable Stew Cooked Southern African Way

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Vegetable Stew cooked the Southern African way with spinach, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and rich African spices.

Cooking Southern African Spinach Vegetable Stew

Fresh sauteed onions and peppers along with a rich blend of spices create a flavorful Botswanan Imbuya spinach vegetarian stew recipe.

Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 20 min Total time: 35 min

Vegetable Stew Cooked Southern African Way.

Ingredients
3 handfuls wild African spinach
2 medium chopped onions
1 medium chopped red bell pepper
1 medium chopped green bell pepper
4 medium chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon allspice
½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon tamarind paste
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon minced garlic
¼ cup olive oil
2 cups vegetable stock

Directions
Except spinach, sauté vegetables in olive oil with the rice and spices add the stock, simmer for 15 minutes add spinach and simmer 5 additional minutes.

Did you know
Imbuya in the Tswana language is African spinach. Imbuya is a tropical leaf vegetable grown in most tropical regions of Africa and is an important traditional vegetable crop in the cooking lives of millions of Africans.

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