CRUCIAL COOKING TIP

You must note that some foods have to be boiled before actually you start the actual cooking. Most cooking enthusiasts scratch their heads after following a recipe and it never comes out the way it's been described, well the issue could be you never boiled some ingredients.Even meat has to be boiled before being fried or made into stew. Basically any farm produce foods have to be boiled unless they are fresh produce like vegetables don't ever boil veggies but you can fry and simmer. The reason why some recipes include adding water is for the boiling process. Boiling brings out the natural original taste.
Some of the foods to boil before adding as ingredients include: Yam, Sorghum, Sweet potatoes, Traditional ingredient vegetables (called mboga za kienyeji in Kenya), basically any dry cereals. raw food stuff including meat unless you are frying or barbecuing. Poisonous foods too it's my personal opinion and advice that you boil that poisonous frog or snail thoroughly before actually cooking in which case you should sanitize the boiling ingredients from the cooking ingredients. A Google search on the process will go a long way like saving your life.
JUST CONSULT YOUR PEER ON WHICH FOODS TO BOIL BEFORE COOKING.