Ndolé is a dish from Cameroon made from a vegetable plant called Ndolé with therapeutic virtues, whose leaves are consumed while still green.
▶In a preparation based on peanut paste and chopped spices, the following are added:
▪boiled ndolé leaves (which I replaced with spinach)
▪pieces of meat or smoked fish and/or fresh or dried shrimp
▶The dish is usually served with fried plantains or bobolo (cassava bread) or miondo (cassava sticks).
Peanut paste is a typical element of African cuisine as for:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: African
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 1 kg ndolé
- 10.5 oz peanuts
- 2.2 lbs beef
- 2 onions
- 3 cloves garlic
- to taste ginger
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 20 dried shrimp (optional)
- 8.8 oz shrimp
- to taste salt and pepper
Steps
Boil the ndolé leaves 2 or 3 times in water with coarse salt.
Peel and blend the peanuts – after soaking or boiling them in water – with 1/2 onion, 1 garlic clove, ginger, pepper, and 2 tablespoons of water.
Cut the meat.
In a pot, add oil, onion, 2 garlic cloves, salt, and pepper. Add the meat, ndolé, 3 cups of broth, and the dried shrimp (optional).
Cook for 45 minutes, then add the peanut paste and continue cooking for another 30 minutes.
Fry the other half onion.
Sauté the shrimp in oil.
Serve topped with fried onions and shrimp. Accompanied by fried or boiled plantain.
⭕The choice of this dish arises from an Instagram post to express my discontent and raise awareness about important social issues related to the African people.
In Africa, dying of hunger is not just a saying.
One-third of deaths are due to lack of food and among the reasons: food waste. Every year, 1.3 tons of food are wasted worldwide, equivalent to one-third of global production.
I say:
❗NO to food waste
❗NO to buying more than we really need
❗NO to filling your plate just to taste a bit of everything and then leaving leftovers
❗NO to throwing away food when it is still good
❗NO to crazy Italian rules that force supermarkets to throw away expired food (it should be evaluated when it is truly spoiled!)
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
What can I substitute for ndolé leaves?
With spinach, chicory, or turnip greens.
