🇲🇬 Malagasy Cuisine

Vary Amin'Anana

Rice with Greens Soup

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 312 kcal

A comforting Malagasy rice and leafy green soup simmered with ginger, garlic, and tender beef, enjoyed as a daily staple across the island.

Ingredients

300g white rice
200g beef, cubed
4 cups mixed greens (mustard greens, watercress)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 thumb ginger, grated
1 onion, diced
1L water
Salt and black pepper
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

1 Heat oil, sauté onion, garlic, and ginger until fragrant.
2 Add beef cubes, brown on all sides for 5 min.
3 Add water and rice, bring to a boil, then simmer 20 min.
4 Stir in chopped greens, cook 10 min until rice is soft and soupy.
5 Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Did You Know?

Vary amin'anana is so fundamental to Malagasy life that many consider a day incomplete without it.