Mufushwa

Name: Mufushwa
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Zimbabwean
Ingredients: 200g dried pumpkin leaves; 1/3 cup peanut butter; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, chopped

Mufushwa/moo-FOOSH-wah/

Also known as: Dried Vegetables

About this dish

Sun-dried vegetables, often pumpkin leaves, rehydrated and cooked with peanut butter.

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Ingredients

🥬200g dried pumpkin leaves

🥜1/3 cup peanut butter

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Soak the dried vegetables in water until softened, then drain.

Sauté onion and tomato until softened.

Add the rehydrated vegetables and cook until tender.

Stir in peanut butter and simmer until thickened.

Serve with sadza.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mufushwa is a traditional Zimbabwean preserved vegetable dish, historically dried to store greens through the dry season.

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