I’m Cooking A Complete Congolese Meal | Liboké, Pondu & Fufu

palm oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil offers a healthier fat profile.

fish

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: tofu

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative.

banana leaves

🥗Healthier: aluminum foil

💰Cheaper: parchment paper

Parchment paper is widely available and easy to use.

hot pepper

🥗Healthier: bell pepper

💰Cheaper: cayenne pepper

Cayenne adds heat without the cost of fresh peppers.

Wash your hands thoroughly before starting.

Take the fish out and wash it, removing everything from its head to the bottom.

Boil water in a pot for cooking.

Add the frozen cassava leaves (pondu) to the boiling water.

Add a good amount of water to the pondu, ensuring it cooks properly.

Add a little bit of salt to the pondu, but not too much.

Add a small amount of cube stock for extra flavor.

Cover the pot and let the pondu cook for at least one hour, adding more water as needed.

About 20 minutes before the pondu is done, add peanut butter to the pot.

Let the pondu boil for an additional 20 minutes after adding peanut butter.

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