Kpwem (Feuilles de Manioc)
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[edit] Description
[edit] Ingredients
- six cups water
- one or two onions, chopped
- two cloves of garlic, minced
- one hot chile pepper, cleaned and chopped
- one teaspoon fresh ginger root, grated
- salt to taste
- two to three pounds of cassava (manioc) leaves -- or substitute other greens; stems removed, washed, rinsed and drained, torn into pieces
- three cups canned palm soup base or palm nut pulp (canned, also called "sauce graine" or "noix de palme" or homemade moambé or nyembwe sauce)
- three tablespoons homemade Peanut paste (or natural unsweetened Peanut butter)
[edit] Directions
- Crush the cassava leaves (or other substituted greens) with a mortar and pestle, or mash them with the bottom of a sturdy bottle in a heavy bowl.
- In a large cooking pot, bring the water to a low boil. Add the Onion, garlic, ginger root, and salt. Cook for a few minutes.
- Add the crushed greens and cook, bring to a boil, and cook for ten minutes more.
- Add the canned palm soup base (or palm nut pulp), and stir until smooth. Reduce heat and simmer for ten minutes.
- Add the Peanut butter, stir. (The easiest way is to mix the Peanut butter with a few tablespoons of very hot water, then add this mixture to the greens.)
- Continue to simmer until greens are cooked to your liking. Serve hot.
