Groundnut Sauce Recipe

Groundnut Sauce This rich and smooth recipe is unique to the Luhya and Luo communities. It is usually fed to older infants and children. Ingredients 3 1/3 cups (472 g) groundnuts, raw, with skin 2 ½ tsp. (12 g) salt, iodized 4 1/3 cups (979 g) sour milk ½ cup (119 g) water Preparation 5 minutes | Cooking 1 hour 40 minutes | Serves 4 • Place a saucepan over fire and let it preheat. • Add the groundnuts, salt and ½ a cup of water or as desired. • Cook until the water evaporates as you stir gradually. When ready, the nuts produce a pop sound. • Once they pop, turn down the heat and continue stirring until the groundnuts are dry (about 13 minutes). • Remove from heat and allow it to cool down. • Using a blender, blend the nuts into a paste. A pestle and mortar can be used in the absence of a blender. • Put the groundnut paste into a bowl, add sour milk and stir into thick paste. Water or fresh milk can be used in place of the sour milk. • Once ready, put another pan on the heat, add the peanut paste and stir. • Stir until it is smooth but not too thick. • Serve hot with green leafy vegetables of your choice, fish, sweet potatoes, green bananas, ugali,etc. Nutrition data per 100g of recipe: Energy 1,237 kJ/ 298 kcal |│ Fat 23.4 g │| Carbohydrates 9.6 g │| Protein 10.6 g │| Fibre 3.5 g Vitamin A 28 mcg │| Iron 2.3 mg │| Zinc 1.20 mg