The Congo Cookbook

a collection of African recipes from all over Africa

Tag: palm nuts

 
Moambé Sauce and Nyembwe Sauce

Palm nuts, the fruit of the African oil palm, are available only in the tropics. Moambé (or Mwambe) or Nyembwe Sauce (also called Palm Butter) is made by boiling the […]

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Mbanga (Palm Nut) Soup

Made from the fruit of the African oil palm, Mbanga soup is Cameroon’s version of West Africa’s palm nut (or palm butter) soup. In Africa, use fresh […]

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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 […]

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