Mixed Tuber Katogo
Ingredients:
- Onions, chopped
- Garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Tomatoes, chopped
- Yams, halved
- Sweet potatoes, halved
- Irish potatoes, halved
- Beans, boiled
- Green onions (as garnish), finely chopped
- Cooking oil
- Chilli oil, a few drops (optional)
- Curry powder
- Salt
Observations
To make a soupy katogo, add more water. I did not put any specific measurements to the ingredients because when making katogo, we don’t measure. Instincts are used depending on how many people are to be cooked for. Clearly, I was cooking for a full house and thus the large tray.
Method:
- On high fire/heat, add cooking oil to the saucepan and let it get hot.
- Add the garlic and onions and wait for them to become translucent.
- Add the tomatoes, chili oil, curry powder, and salt and stir well.
- Add the Irish potatoes first, then the yams, and then the sweet potatoes.
- Top the tubers with the cooked beans and cover the pan for about 10 minutes.
- Add half a glass of water and stir so that the beans are evenly distributed.
- Let the Katogo cook till the Irish potatoes are soft and tender.
- Keep checking to make sure the tubers do not burn.
- Remove the food from the fire and serve warm.
- Katogo goes well with avocadoes.