How To Cook 🇧🇮&🇷🇼 Cassava Leaves (SOMBE)

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🥗Healthier: ground almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Ground almonds provide healthy fats and flavor.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier while maintaining a similar cooking profile.

fish or meat

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: mushrooms

Tofu adds protein while being plant-based and cost-effective.

green chilies

🥗Healthier: bell peppers

💰Cheaper: cayenne pepper

Bell peppers offer sweetness without heat, while cayenne is more affordable.

Boil water and add cassava leaves, covering to boil for 10 to 15 minutes.

Add beef, chopped onions, bell peppers, and leeks to the boiled cassava leaves, cover, and cook for 25 to 30 minutes.

Add crushed garlic, bay leaves, black pepper, white pepper, dried thyme, salt, and vegetable oil, then cover and cook again.

Test for salt and add more water if needed, cooking until cassava leaves are tender.

Add mackerel fillet and peanut butter, pushing it down to dissolve quickly.

Optionally add Scotch bonnet, cover, and allow to simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.

Stir everything together before serving.

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