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Ingredients

 * 1 kg stewing beef
 * 2 medium cooking onions
 * 4 cloves garlic
 * 1.5 kg spinach or Swiss chard
 * 15 ml tomato purée
 * 30 ml peanut butter
 * 1 lemon
 * 5 ml chilli powder

Preparation

 * 1) Trim fat and gristle from the beef and cut into 2.5 cm chunks.
 * 2) Skin the onions and chop largish.
 * 3) Skin and chop the garlic very fine, or crush.
 * 4) Strip the stalks from the spinach and chop.
 * 5) Chop the tomatoes very fine.
 * 6) Juice the lemon.

Cooking

 * 1) Put the beef in a saucepan and just cover with water.
 * 2) Add a little salt, bring up to the boil, cover and simmer for 90 minutes or.
 * 3) Until the meat is just tender.
 * 4) Separate the meat and the stock, preserving both.
 * 5) In a large pan, heat a little sunflower oil and stir fry the onions and garlic until onions start to soften.
 * 6) Add the chilli powder and the meat and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
 * 7) Make the beef stock up to 500 ml with a little water and add to the meat.
 * 8) Add the spinach, tomatoes, tomato puree, peanut butter, lemon juice.
 * 9) Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
 * 10) Stir every few minutes.
 * 11) Check the seasoning and add further salt and pepper as necessary.

Variation
Vary the quantity of chilli powder to suit the palate or use chopped fresh green chillis.