How To Make Njahi / Black beans Stew

Catherine Job
1 min readNov 5, 2024

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Njahi or black beans are small dark beans that have a white line at the center. These small black beans are a staple in Indian and East African Cuisines.

Nhaji / black beans are very versatile and can be used in a variety of dishes like salads, curries,stews, soups as well as rice dishes. Njahi are a great source of plant — based protein, vitamins, fiber, Antioxidants and minerals.

Nhaji or black beans are known to help breastfeeding moms have an increase in milk supply. Breastfeeding mamas are encouraged to take them to have an abundant supply of milk for the baby.

Njahi Can be cooked in different ways such as frying them and adding coconut milk in them to make them creamy as it is shown in this recipe.

Here is a quick recipe on how to very delicious and Creamy Njahi or black beans using Coconut Milk.

Let me know your thoughts on njahi or black beans after watching the above video. Leave a clap here if you have learned something about this Kenyan delicacy.

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