Katogo made with potatoes in groundnut/peanut sauce
Description
"Katogo a dish where a staple is cooked in the same pot with a sauce, is popular in all regions of Uganda. The staple is usually matooke, Irish potatoes, cassava or sweet potatoes, while the sauce meat or vegetables – beans, peas, groundnuts or greens." ... as explained in the article from the Daily Monitor Newspaper: RECIPE: Enjoy Katogo-byenda for breakfast where there is another variation of katogo.
Summary
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| Source | admin |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Cooking time | 30 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour |
Ingredients
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes & if big, cut in half.
- Chop the onions and the tomatoes
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When I cook medium-sized potatoes, they need about 45 minutes of net boiling/steaming time to get ready on medium heat.
- So we will begin by cooking them, letting them boil for about 15min, with the pan covered.
- Add the tomatoes, onions, spices , salt, …
- In the meantime add some hot water to the groundnut powder/paste & mix, making sure no lumps form.
- Add this to he potatoes & mix. The liquid should be about the level of the potatoes and should not be too thick. You may need to add some water.
- Let this boil on low - medium heat for at least 20 min, until the potatoes are ready. Occasionally stir, so it does not burn at the bottom. Ensure the pot is deep enough or that heat is not too high as groundnut sauce easily boils over.
Notes
This is a basic recipe and can be varied by adding other ingredients, like vegetables, pieces of meat (pre-cooked), chicken, pepper, ... and so on. I have some friends from Guinea who regularly add tuna or other types of (deboned fish), with aromatic but very hot "Scotch bonnet, also known as Boabs Bonnet, Scotty Bons or Bonney peppers, (Latin: Capsicum chinense) is a variety of chili pepper that belongs to the same species as the habanero, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_bonnet_%28pepper%29), never absent.
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