Cameroon - Ndole

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Ndole Ingredients:

500 ml dried Bitterleaf (if you can’t find it in your area, substitute it with spinach, kale, collards, or turnip
greens)

500 g Chicken cut in bite sized pieces

250 ml natural peanut butter – in other words, not sweetened. Or sub 2-3 cups chopped fine shell off and
skinless peanuts.

1 large onion, chopped

500 ml water ( I reserved the water that I blanched the greens and cooked the chicken in for more flavor)

2 generous tbsp fresh ginger, grated

2 large cloves garlic, crushed

6 large sweet fresh tomatoes, peeled and chopped

2 to 3 tbsp vegetable oil – or olive oil

Salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation:

(If using greens other than Bitterleaf, skip this step – soak the Bitterleaf overnight; drain in the morning
and press out the excess water.

If using kale, collards, mustard or turnip greens, wash the greens, chop them, and cook them in a
pot of boiling water for 5 minutes. Remove the greens and chop to bite sized pieces. Reserve the water.

If using spinach, wash the leaves well, rinse properly and then chop the spinach.

After prepping your choice of greens, parboil the chicken in the same water that you cooked the greens in.
Remove after 8-10 minutes and chop into bite sized chunks. ( Reserve the water for later addition to the
soup)

Heat 2 tbsp of oil to medium high in a large pot and add the onions, the garlic and the ginger and sauté for
a few minutes until the onions are translucent.

Add the chopped tomatoes, reduce heat and simmer for about 3 minutes before adding the greens (unless
you are using spinach) and then simmering again for about another 5 minutes.

Now add the peanut butter, stirring well to combine everything – cover the pot and continue simmering
until greens are tender, about 10 – 15 minutes – if the mixture is a little dry, add some of the water, a little
at a time.

Add the chicken, (here is where you would add the spinach if you chose that green) and check and correct
the seasoning. Allow to cook for 5 more minutes.

Serve with rice or boiled plantains and Fu Fu, Mealie- Meal, Fungee etc.

http://www.justfoodnow.com/2010/01/28/african-spirit-the-food-of-cameroon/

http://www.afropop.org/multi/feature/ID/43/Recipe+for+Ndole