Always thought I could make a good cook but never got past baking. Also keen to follow this thread on simple recipes - second chances.

@Intelli,
Aiii.....Sasa hiyo ni cooking gani?...I know my cooking skills don't go beyond boiling eggs but i can't say that is healthy cooking.

@Kissed,
Omena recipe??....Ngai Mwathani!!...Katakata kitunguu,some tomatoes and throw them on the pan plus the omenas.Kindly do not heat your pan with a torch.Haki,i am a basket case when it comes to cooking.

lol, you can tell the married chaps from the single dudes like yours truly. BTW omena is pretty bitter if not boiled prior to frying. every single man should "cram" atleast 2 receipes. simple stuff that will wow the skirt off any lass. so here goes mine. diced kuku kienyeji, cut up a large onion, tomato, chilli, throw kila kitu in a sufuria. medium heat, no oil as the kuku is kinda oily anyway. after 45 mins, weka spice and dania. in a separate sufuria, weka 1 small cup of rice, and 2 cups of water. low heat. everything will be ready to eat in another 25 or so minutes. you could cut up an onion, soak in hot salted water to remove the zing, then cut up a nice juicy tomato, dania, pili pili and add lemon to make great kachumbari. i promise you after she devours that meal, she will willingly hang her you know what kwa ile msumari iko kwa bathroom. you should also learn how to make boiro. any red meat, onion, tomato, peeled potatoes, cabbage/spinach, chilli and abit of spice. put everything in a sufuria, add abit of water and bring to a slow boil. serve after about 60 minutes. finally, if you have DSTV, try watch the cookng channel inbetween those footie games, you will learn something.

COOKING!!!

Who wants to know how to boil water?

Some of us just want to focus on white meat, so someone tell:

Matumbo is white or red meat?

matumbo is considered a white meat as it lacks some protein whose name i can't recall. @mcreggae....you should go to dagoretti and watch those butchers making it.... i only eat mtura made in-house from scratch.

talking of cooking, do cook anything but be very very afraid of including rosemary in your pork esp if your system is like mine.

it taste good but the emissions afterwards, it washana naye

Pondi thats an okay recipe.
My panty dropping meal is sweet mukimo and beef stew.
I said Mukimo but it really sweet mashed potatoes. Very easy boil 2 average sweet potatoes or 1 big one with 5 potatoes obviously already peeled. Once soft drain the water add some butter and mash it. You can add a little milk to the mix if its too hard.

Fry some crushed cummin seed and crushed garlic in some oil, add onions, tomatoes i love spices this is when i add some and then the beef. If you really want soft beef just add tenderiser and let it seat for some hours.
Take 30- 40 minutes as the warus are boiling be cooking the stew.
Ussually works with the fairer sex. I cook alot so that i can have left overs for take away lunch the next day and supper.

There is that ugly part of washing the dishes.

Please include your eh advice and or advise on how to best do this in your respective recipes.

Copy pasted from another site. I cant make soft chapatis. Its so frustrating!! aarrgh and the work involved deserves a good end product. hmm

Chapati
Ingredients (6 servings)
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour
2 tbsp oil or ghee
3/4 - 1 cup of warm water
Salt to taste

Mix the flour in a bowl and add salt and oil. You can mix with clean hands, or use a mixer or food processor. Add a little bit of water at a time and knead well for about 10 minutes until you have a stiff and smooth dough. Cover the dough and let it stand for at least 30 minutes up to two hours. Knead the dough well again and divide it into egg-sized balls. Dust each ball with extra flour. Flatten each ball and roll out thinly into sizeable circles. Heat an ungreased, heavy skillet or griddle over a medium flame. Lightly grease the pan and slowly heat the first chapatti. Cook on one side for about 1 minute or until lightly brown, then flip and brown the other side. Press the sides of the chapati with a spoon until it puffs. Remove the chapati from the skillet into a warm dish or foil paper and wrap it to keep it warm. Repeat this process for every chapati, wiping the pan with greased paper every time a new chapati is to be cooked.