DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ndizi Nyama
A Tanzanian green-cooking-banana and beef stew with tomato, ginger and coconut milk.
About Ndizi Nyama
Nafisa Mnondwa presents ndizi nyama as an integral Tanzanian dish of green cooking bananas and beef. The starchy, unripe bananas accompany tender pieces of meat in a substantial savoury stew.
Coconut milk gives the dish richness, alongside tomatoes and tomato paste. Onion, garlic and ginger supply its aromatic character, with salt and cooking oil completing the mixture.
The finished plate brings the banana pieces and beef together in their sauce. Tender meat and softened green banana give the stew a substantial texture, with coconut milk enriching the tomato mixture.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ndizi Nyama
Nafisa Mnondwa's Tanzanian green-banana and beef ndizi nyama.
- WaterLiquid
- Lean beefProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- Cooking oil, unspecifiedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- TomatoesBase
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- Coconut milkLiquid
- Green cooking bananasBase
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lean beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cooking oil, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34 Oil/67 cooking oil, botanical identity unprovided.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual40 ginger stem; no species/form narrowing beyond minced source.
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual44 prepared paste, exact brand formula unprovided.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual46 literal prepared coconut milk, no own extraction formula linked; no dairy Milk inferred.
- Green cooking bananas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual25/48 explicit green starchy cooking bananas; specific cultivar not invented.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Tanzania
- TanzaniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Tanzanian Cuisine
- Mainland Tanzanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review