{"id":1727,"slug":"irio-kenyan-mashed-potatoes-with-veggies","title":"Irio (Kenyan Mashed Potatoes with Veggies)","description":"Irio is a Kenyan staple food of peas, corn, and potatoes. It’s mostly found among East African nations.","ingredients_raw":["Potatoes, quartered","Fresh green peas","Corn","Water","Salt","Black pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["potato","fresh green pea","corn","water","salt","black pepper"],"steps":["Combine the potatoes, peas, and corn in a pot. Add enough water to cover the potatoes but not completely drown them.","Simmer, covered, for about 15–20 minutes until fork-tender but not mushy. The water should be nearly empty by the time the potatoes are fork-tender, but if there is still a significant amount, it is advisable to drain it and leave only a small amount left so that the potatoes will be simple to mash.","Mash everything together, and season with salt and black pepper to taste.","Serve."],"categories":["African recipes","Kenyan recipes","Recipes using potato","Recipes using corn","Recipes using peas","Recipes using pepper"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Irio_(Kenyan_Mashed_Potatoes_with_Veggies)","source_ref":"4505757","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Irio_(Kenyan_Mashed_Potatoes_with_Veggies)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"b51eff9d026903f8072439e73bf999bde37cd5614c1fe57279ce391e2bd45404","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:05Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:05Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/irio-kenyan-mashed-potatoes-with-veggies"}