wfCafe Sweet potato stew from mali

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Sweet potatoes with cabbage and a spicy sweet peanut sauce. serve with rice and

green beans or okra. The recipe mentions grating the garnish vegetable but the

photo shows julienned.

 

 

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Sweet Potatoes in Cayenne, Ginger and Peanut Sauce

 

Recipe By :World Food Cafe

Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : ENTREES Vegetarian

World Food Cafe

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 tablespoons sunflower oil

1 large onion -- cubed

4 cloves garlic -- crushed

2 tablespoons peeled and minced ginger

1 1/4 pounds red sweet potatoes -- peeled and cubed

1 pound firm hard white cabbage -- cubed

2 teaspoons paprika

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

14 ounces chopped plum tomatoes

1 cup pineapple juice

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter

salt and black pepper -- to taste

For the Garnish:

2 carrots -- julienned or grated

2 beets -- julienned or grated

2 bananas -- sliced

1 lime -- for the juice

1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves -- chopped

For the Accompaniment:

3 cups cooked rice

 

Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan over medium heat and saute the onion until

soft. Add the garlic and ginger, saute for a few minutes, then add the sweet

potatoes and cabbage.

 

When the vegetables start to soften, add the paprika and cayenne. Stir to coat

the vegetables with the spices. Add the chopped tomatoes and pineapple juice.

Cover the pan and simmer until the vegetables are soft.

 

Stir in the peanut butter until well combined. Add the salt and pepper.

 

Toss the carrots, beets and bananas in the lime juice and sprinkle over the

dish, together with the handful of cilantro. Serve with rice.

 

Cuisine:

" Middle East and Africa "

Source:

" World Food Cafe by Chris and Carolyn Caldicott (SOMA 1999) "

S(Email From):

" Pat Hanneman (kitpath) 12/99 "

 

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Per serving: 532 Calories (kcal); 21g Total Fat; (34% calories from fat); 13g

Protein; 78g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 164mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 3 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 Vegetable; 1 Fruit; 3 1/2 Fat;

0 Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : The authors remember this spicy sweet potato stew as an all-time

favorite West African dish and one of their best memories of Mali.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 20083 5215 2415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

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