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Sauce feuille (leaf sauce)

A thick green sauce made from pounded cassava or spinach leaves, simmered in palm oil with smoked fish. It is traditionally served with rice or a cassava dough.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Wash the leaves, then pound them or chop them finely with a knife.
  2. Heat the palm oil and fry the sliced onions and garlic for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the crushed tomatoes and the flaked smoked fish, then cook for 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in the chopped leaves and pour in 500 ml of hot water.
  5. Add the okra cut into rounds, the bouillon cube, salt and chili pepper.
  6. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the sauce is thick.
  7. Serve hot with white rice.

Variations and tips

Spinach version. Replace the cassava leaves with fresh spinach, which is easier to find.

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Original Ecomely recipe.