INGREDIENTS
Onion, thinly cubed 320 g
Pork, cubed 350 g
Crushed garlic 15 ml
Black pepper 2 ml
Aromat 15 ml
Palm oil 185 g
Cassava leaves 350 g
Ghost chilli 7 g
Unsweetened peanut butter 47 g
Water 250 ml
Salt 3 g
METHOD
- Preheat the stove plate.
- Fry the onions, pork, garlic, pepper and Aromat together in a heavy-based saucepan for 20 minutes.
- Add the palm oil and fry for 5 minutes.
- Mix the cassava leaves and chilli with the pork mixture.
- Add the water and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the peanut butter to the mixture and mix well.
- Slowly add more water while stirring the mixture until it is smooth.
- Add salt and leave to cook for 5 minutes.
- Serve with white rice.
YIELD 4 SERVINGS
PREPARATION TIME 10 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME 1 HOUR
HISTORY OF MY DISH
I first tasted this dish in 2016 when I met my now fiancé. She made this dish to show me what food she grew up with in her home country, Gabon.
It was like nothing I had ever tasted before. The main ingredient of this dish is cassava leaves. It is a very cheap and commonly used ingredient in West African cuisine. It is also considered a superfood and is very nutritious. You can use any meat to make this dish or no meat at all. Eating regularly and eating right is very important, especially for people on medication such as ARVs.