Nsaka madesu/ pondu ya madesu /cuisine congolaise/ Congolese food #28

2 cups dried beans
600 g frozen pondu/ cassava leaves
100g mbisi yako kauka ( dried smoked fish) optional.
1 green bell pepper
1 onion
4 spring onions
Half an aubergine
4 garlic cloves
1 or 2 bay leaves
For spices I used
1 Knorr vegetables stock
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup unrefined palm oil
1 small onion
The water used will depend.
Method:
👩🏾‍🍳Wash and soak your beans in cold water overnight. Next day ,discard of the soaked water and add fresh water to the soaked beans and bring it to a rapid boil. Once it is boiling, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until just about halfway cooked. After that remove the bean from the water and set aside.
👩🏾‍🍳 In the meantime, add the dried fish to the pondu, pour in about 4 cups of water and bring it to a boil, cover and cook on medium heat for 1 hour.
👩🏾‍🍳 In the meantime, blend the vegetables that you
will add to the pondu. Add this to the pondu and add more water if needed ( always add hot water) and cover and cook for 20 more minutes.
👩🏾‍🍳 Now add the cooked beans and spices, cover, reduce the heat to smer and continue cooking for an other 20 minutes.
👩🏾‍🍳Add palm oil on a frying pan, heat it up than fry sliced onion in the oil for 1 minutes. Add this to the cooking saka madesu, cover and simmer for an other 20 minutes.
And your saka madesu is ready 😋.
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Very well explained ❤

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Yum yum looks lovely.Love this Dish.My mum is mukongo so this was a staple meal growing up.

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Yummy! Great video

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This is the yummiest Pondu ever

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Question do they mix dry fish in saka madesu like hers ? Or

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