Creamy Pepper Tomato Spinach With Peanut Butter Recipes

SPINACH IN PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• brown off the onions in oil in a sauce pan on medium heat.
• add the water and peanut butter on a low heat, stir until dissolved and simmer for a few minutes.
• add salt, honey, chilli pepper and tomatoes, stir together.
• add the spinach on top and put a lid on, leave for approx 5 minute.
• stir everything together, cook a further 5 minute.
• serve with rice.

CREAMY PEPPER, TOMATO & SPINACH WITH PEANUT BUTTER

Steps:

• Cook and stir onion and pepper in oil till onion is tender. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
• Add tomato and spinach. Cover and simmer until spinach is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in pepper flakes, pepper and peanut butter. Heat just until hot.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with nuts.

AFRICAN SPINACH AND PEANUT BUTTER STEW

Steps:

• Slice the onions and fry in oil until soft.
• Peel the tomatoes in boiling water (or use tinned tomatoes). Slice and add to the onions.
• Wash, trim and chop the spinach coarsely.
• Add to the stew and cook, covered, over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking.
• Thin the peanut butter with hot water to make a smooth paste.
• Add to the stew.
• Season with salt and pepper and cook for another 5 - 10 minutes, stirring and adding water if necessary to prevent sticking.
• Serve over steamed rice, polenta, or mashed potatoes, in fact, you could eat it with anything, really!

TANZANIAN CURRIED SPINACH WITH PEANUT BUTTER

Steps:

• Wash the spinach leaves, stack and roll leaves together, then coarsely chop.
• Place the tomato carefully into a small pot of boiling water for 30 seconds, peel skin off. Slice tomato in half and scoop out runny inside, discard this part, then coarsely chop the fleshy part.
• In small bowl, whisk the peanut butter and coconut milk til smooth.
• Heat the butter over medium low heat in large frying pan.
• Add the onion, tomato, salt and curry powder and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft. Stir only occasionally so that you don't break up the tomato too much.
• Add the spinach, and continue cooking for about 10 minutes, until the spinach is softened, but not overly cooked.
• Stir in the peanut butter/coconut milk mixture.
• Simmer, over medium-low heat, for about another 5-8 minutes, stirring constantly, to make sure that the mixture doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
• Season lightly with a little coarse ground pepper to taste.
• Serve as is as a side dish, or over hot cooked rice for a main dish.