Organic "Sageti" From My Own Garden

Hello, and Jambo. This is Zuhra Lucie fromNairobi, Kenya :kenya: ,and am back in the kitchen with another traditional food from the western and Nyanza region of Kenya called "SAGETI"

Before sharing about this Organic dish with you, I would like to thank all of you, My local guides familia, all of whom I know by names and those that have come and supported me by liking and commenting on my post since the very beginning when I joined the local guides forum. Am much grateful for your love and continued support through guiding and also learning from every post I come across. At least I get an idea of what to share next. Also, have enough courage to face the outside world with what I have learned and also teach those that are willing to learn by me. And by that, I call local guides to connect my second family.

So today I wanna share this great recipe for this vegetable called sageti in my local language Swahili.

Sageti is well known as one of the loved and healthy vegetables from the "Abagusii “Kisii” tribe in The Nyanza province of Kenya and me from the western part of Kenya, I have grown up eating sageti.

I am specifying this because most of the people in Nairobi selling and growing this vegetable are from those two provinces and particularly mostly people from “Kisii.” So at my house, so many people from “Kisii” are neighbors, and by that, I got some seedlings and threw them in my kitchen garden. Among other healthier vegetables I have in my garden, Sageti is one of them.

I don’t know from which species sageti is, all I know is its healthy vegetables. I tried searching for its English name but I couldn’t find it. That’s why I decided to bring it here to know those who have come across it.

This vegetable is healthy but tastes bitter. And by tasting it you will feel this characteristic.

So during this Holy month of Ramadan, I decided to cook it for my family. I got it from Shamba and this is how to prepare it.

So, Welcome on board :smiling_face:

From Garden Procedure:

  • Pluck them as much as you can because, after a long process of preparation, the vegetables shrink, and then the quantity reduces. and my veggies will be for 3 servings.

  • Remove the unwanted stalks or sticks that may be hard to chew because of maturity.

  • Place them on a clean surface and remove again the small particles and insects as demonstrated in the video below.

  • Wash them with clean and many waters to completely remove the soil particles, especially when it’s direct from the garden, repeat the washing 3-4 times.

  • Then boil like 1 liter of water if you have a pressure source pan then good for you if not use whatever you have. When your water boils up then put in your veggies to boil for like 30 minutes.

P.s The soup after boiling is also nice to drink for all?.

Cooking Stew:

Now prepare some onions, tomatoes, cooking oil, for the stew. Fry your onions, add tomatoes salt to taste add in your vegetable minus the soup and give it 15min to of cooking again, after all this cook still the bitterness is there and that what makes it sweet and tasty, if you have milk or coconut milk, or any spices of your choice add in stir and then cook for five minutes and your page will be ready to serve.

Still remember you can as well add your ingredients without making stew, just cut the onions, tomatoes, salt, and your milk, or coconut milk and mix in the boiled vegetables without adding cooking oil and give it sometimes to cook until ready to serve.

Sageti served with Rice, and chicken.

I have grown up eating this vegetable and I am strong :muscle: and healthy. Of course, everybody is healthy but there’s some uniqueness with the people growing up from rural areas who are used to eating natural and organic food. And being one of them, you are super fit and have strong masculinity.

So my question is have you ever seen, tasted, or come across these vegetables, do they exist in your country or places if not do you wanna taste them and have an idea of what I have mentioned above?

Let me know in the comments below. As we share more healthy and natural foods from our cultures.

Gracias.

Please check this video to know how I made.

Organic Sageti From My Garden.https://youtu.be/bacnJqDTyto

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hI @Zuhralc

A wonderful post of Organic “Sageti”

Its a healthy vegetable/food indeed!.

Thanks for your well written post with beautiful photos!

Have a great day day dear! :sunflower:

Mahbub

Warm Greetings :rose: from Chittagong city

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Dear @Zuhralc

I am so glad to know that you have a garden of your own it is very good.

Sageti is a new food for me and you have to share with us the whole process of making it.

Thank you so much for sharing an informative post with us. I noticed in the video that your baby is helping you to cook.

You should be proud that your little one can help you to cook :joy:

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Nice. This must be so nutritious. And the cover photo us stunning! @Zuhralc

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Awesome

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That looks good, dear @Zuhralc

Firstly - I am the worst cook on this planet - so… (You got me…)

And as a pure vegetarian, the Veg part = rice & the leaf item looks good.

Video is explanative,… appreciate…

Congrats on a recipe post…

All the best…

:pray:

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@MAHBUB_HYDER :star_struck:,much gratitude for your kind words :pray: .

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Always loved foody posts. Amazing @Zuhralc for making me hungry to describes such a beautiful information.

Feeling good to see ur beautiful garden.

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Yes, sure will share the whole process of making it on the YouTube Channel just subscribe :star_struck: and soon it will be available. And again this little ones wants to see everything their mom does in the kitchen so sometimes for you to be on the safer side is to let them do a little bit :joy: . Otherwise shukriyah my brother @KamalHossenR :heart_eyes: :clinking_glasses: .

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It’s very nutritious :ok_hand: :star_struck: @Ewaade_3A . Thanks for the support :clinking_glasses: .

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Thanks, dear @Annie_Ajmal11 for the support :blush: :clinking_glasses: .

wonderful aha sageti,

another vegy from my favorite to try for vegeterian like me thanks @Zuhralc

for this wonderful share.

regards

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Thank you for sharing @Zuhralc , the dish you shared looks tempting , delicious and spicy, isn’t it ? :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks a million, sir for your heartfelt words, @TravellerG Sir,@ yes I know :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: it might be hard for you to cook it but with our mum closer she can help prepare it for and you will love it No doubt that. And by the way, I can dry it after getting it from the garden and send you a parcel :see_no_evil: in the future inshaAllah. Much appreciation Sir TG :handshake: :clinking_glasses:

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Simply amazing post my friend @Zuhralc , Photos, Recipe, Content, Writing style, everything is awesome. I never tried Sageti in Pakistan or abroad, but I hope I will try it one day, and then I will let you know :star_struck:

Thank you so much for sharing :pray:

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Wow! @Zuhralc so much fresh and green! Thanks for sharing this post.

Waiting for more from you.

Stay safe and happy!

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I have tried to figure out if the plant grows during summer in Michigan but I don’t think I got enough info and photos. I love foraging and harvesting edible plants or mushrooms. Your dish looks so yummy you are a good cook, Girl! Thanks for sharing @Zuhralc

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it looks yuuum indeed @Zuhralc … I should try something fresh and healthy like this myself. And cooking it in the stew must bring the flavour. Thank you for sharing it dear

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Thanks a lot @Muhammad_Irfan for the sweet words and support. :clinking_glasses: :handshake:

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Thanks, a bunch, @Anil6969 Sir for you your support.

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