Miyan Taushe

Ingredients

• 500 g beef or goat meat
• 500 g pumpkin or butternut squash
• 1 medium onion
• 3 red bell peppers
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper
• 2 tablespoons ground groundnuts
• 2 tablespoons ground crayfish
• 1/2 cup palm oil
• 1 teaspoon seasoning powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups meat stock
• 1 handful spinach, optional

How to make it

1. Cook the meat until tender and reserve the stock.
2. Peel and cube the pumpkin.
3. Blend pepper and onion; roast and grind the groundnuts if necessary.
4. Boil pumpkin with a little water until soft and mash or blend.
5. Heat palm oil and sauté the onion and pepper mixture for 6 to 8 minutes.
6. Add groundnuts, crayfish, seasoning and salt.
7. Add pumpkin puree and meat stock and stir well.
8. Add cooked meat and simmer for 15 minutes.
9. Add spinach during the final 3 minutes if using.
10. Adjust seasoning and consistency.