Dengu -kenyan mung bean stew

Ingredients

• Ghee/butter: 2-3 teaspoons
• Onion:1 small
• Garlic: 1-2 small cloves
• Tomato Puree: 1/4 cup +
• Green BellPepper: 1 small
• Red BellPepper: 1 small
• Fresh Red Chilly : 1
• Green Chilli :1

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Preparation

• Cook Mung Beans in water till tender. Use a pressure cooker for this though stove top also works.
• Mash the beans though. Once cooked in the cooker it reaches the mashed consistency by itself.
• Chop onions and crush garlic. Chop the bell peppers into bite size pieces. Slit the chillies.
• Heat ghee in a pan.Add chopped onions and crushed garlic and saute till transparent.Add puree into this and let it cook for a few minutes .
  
• Then add the cooked beans,slit chillies,salt and chopped peppers.
• Add water as needed to make the gravy and cook for about 15 minutes more till the required thickness is reached.Upon cooling the stew thickens so cook considering this aspect.
• Serve warm with rice/bread or as a hearty soup.

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