Let's cook some fufu and njama njama for lunch

cassava

🥗Healthier: sweet potato

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potato offers similar texture with lower calories.

bitter leaf

🥗Healthier: collard greens

💰Cheaper: spinach

Collard greens provide a similar flavor profile.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil reduces saturated fat content.

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive.

Put water on fire for the fufu to boil.

Slice tomatoes for the kati kati.

Add onions to the sliced tomatoes.

Transfer the prepared chicken into the pot.

Add sliced tomatoes and onions to the chicken.

Add salt and scotch bonnet pepper to the mixture.

Add palm oil and enough water to the pot and let it boil until the water dries up.

In a separate pot, add mana to boiling water to create the fufu base.

Stir the mana until it thickens, adding hot water as needed, and cover to let it cook.

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