Soup & Stew – Page 2 – The Congo Cookbook

Ogbono Soup

This recipe, which is popular in Nigeria and its neighbors, uses ogbono (sometimes spelled agbono, and also called apon) as the soup thickener. Ogbono is the kernels (whole or […]

Palaver Sauce

Palaver “Sauce” is a good example of the English word “sauce” used to describe something that is more like a soup or stew. Platto, bologie, and bitterleaf all appear […]

Palm Butter Soups

Many African recipes call for the fruit and oil of the African oil palm (Elaesis guineensis). Palm-butter is made from the fruit, which can be further refined […]

Palm-Oil Chop

“The Negroes cook uniformly very well, and at moments are inspired in the direction of palm-oil chop and fish cooking.” wrote Mary Henrietta Kingsley in 1896 (in Travels […]

Peanut Soup

Various peanut soups are common throughout Africa. Some are very simple, others more elaborate. They are often eaten as a main course along with Rice, or […]

Pepper Soup

Pepper Soup or Peppersoup — which is especially popular in the English-speaking countries of Western Africa: Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria — doesn’t have any more pepper […]

Plasas

Plasas is a “sauce” always made with some sort of greens, meat and dried fish, thickened with egusi or peanut butter, and served with a starchy side-dish. An […]

South African Malay Curry

This recipe is a typical South African Malay Curry. The first Malay people in South Africa were brought as slaves from what is today Indonesia. As […]

Superkanja

Superkanja may be Gambia’s super soup, but the name is probably a combination of Portuguese and West African words.Sopa, the Portuguese word for soup; like palaver a word left […]

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