I would really love to take you through step by step process of preparing this meal on video some day and five you the final product in image form very soon when I replace my camera. However, this will do for now. Before my grandma passed on, she taught me how to make a dish called "mukimo" which is a delicacy for most Kenyans but widely enjoyed by those who hail from Central.
The ingredients are black beans, raw bananas for cooking and extremely ripe bananas to act as a sweetener, water to boil. It really takes time to cook, you need to boil the beans separately. Black beans can take more than six hours to cook depending on the heat you are using. Traditionally, three stones were and are still common, this can shorten the time period to say 4hours.
After boiling the beans, let them cool. You can as well pour cold water on them and filter. Boil the raw bananas and let them cook to the point where they can be smashed. Make sure the amount of bananas you prepare are proportional to the amount of black beans you have cooked. Afterwards, put some small water in a separate pot, boil the ripe bananas separately. Ripe bananas are good because they are rich in potassium.
After getting everything well cooked, prepare a bigger pot, mix the three ingredients with some small amount of water, heat for 10minutes thereabout and start mashing. I remember my grandma using a 1litre soda bottle, not the plastic one to mash because it would make the final products so smooth and yummy, you can not tell the beans from the bananas. Do not put salt because you need to taste the ripe bananas.
I was hesitant to taste this dish at first because I do not like black beans at all. I find them tasteless. But when my grandma showed me her secret recipe then tried it, I invited some of my pals over and they could not believe how their taste buds were tantalized. Other than that, this dish is so healthy, probably one of the reasons my grannies have gone past the age of 80. You are what you eat. You can serve this with steamed vegetables on the side.
For those who love to cook, try it one day. Please comment on some of your favorite dishes to make at home and I'd also like it if you upvote. Cheers!