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Kontomire Stew

 


Ingredient
  • 2 bundles of coco yam leaves (kontomire)or spinach
  • 4 medium sized tomatoes
  • 2 large onions
  • 1 lb meat or tripe, cooked
  • 8 oz smoked fish
  • 8 oz agushi
  • 1 pt palm oil
  • 2 dessertspn. dried ground shrimp
  • 1 clove garlic salt, pepper and ginger to taste
  • kpakpo shito


Method

  • Cut meat into pieces, wash and season with a bit of salt, garlic and ginger. Place in a cooking pot a put it on the fire, bring to the boil and cook till tender. Grind pepper and tomatoes and slice the onions. Pick, wash and chop the kontomire or spinach leaves.

  • Heat oil in a saucepan. Fry onions and pepper for 2 minutes, add dried ground shrimps and tomatoes. Cook for another 10 minutes.

  • Add meat with the stock. Prepare and add fish, stir and allow to simmer for a few minutes. Add the agushi mix with water and kpakpo shito.

  • Add the chopped leaves when the agushi is cooked and simmer for about 5 minutes.


Serve hot with boiled plantain, yam, rice, coco yam, etc.