Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cassava leaves (kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
It is the underground part of the cassava shrub, which has the Latin name Manihot esculenta. Like potatoes and yams, it is a tuber crop. Cassava leaf stew goes by several different names like saka saka, pondu, palava and mpondu. It is always served over steamed rice and is considered to be the national dish of Sierra Leone.
Cassava leaves (Kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Cassava leaves (Kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cassava leaves (kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cassava leaves (Kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce:
- Make ready Cassava leaves
- Make ready 2 cups washed and shredded cassava leaves (raw)
- Take 1/2 tbls garlic paste
- Make ready 1 medium onion chopped
- Make ready 1 large tomato
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups coconut milk
- Take 1 chilli pepper of your choice (I used green habanero)
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Get 2 tbls lemon juice
- Prepare 1 cup water
- Take Potato sauce
- Get 2 medium russet potatoes
- Prepare 1 large tomato
- Make ready 2 tbls lemon juice
- Prepare 2 tbls tamarind paste (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 cup chicken/vegetable broth
- Make ready 1 tbls garlic paste
- Make ready 1 medium onion chopped
- Take to taste Salt and pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp cayenne pepper
Boil the roots and the leaves in one liter of water. Once the water is reduced to half, let it cool down. Stir in the chopped onions and cook to translucent. Add the chopped sweet potato leaves leaves in batches.
Instructions to make Cassava leaves (Kisamvu) and potato & tomato sauce:
- For the cassava leaves: Sauté the garlic and onions until golden brown and add the cassava leaves. Stir to combine the ingredients together. Add water and salt and bring the pot to a boil until the water reduces halfway.
- To the boiling cassava leaves, add a cup of the coconut milk and allow to boil over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes.
- Dice the tomatoes into 1/2 inch pieces and add to the cassava leaves. Reduce the heat to medium and allow the cassava leaves and tomatoes to simmer and cook for a further 5 minutes
- Add the rest of the coconut milk, the whole habanero pepper and lemon juice and stir to mix well. While stirring you can gently poke the habanero pepper to release its flavours while the cassava leaves continue to cook.
- Allow the cassava leaves to simmer until the coconut milk reduces and thickens.
- Remove from heat and set aside to serve.
- For the potato sauce: dice the potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes and bring to a boil until the potatoes are halfway cooked. Drain and set aside
- In a pot, sauté the onions and garlic until golden brown and add the diced tomatoes. Stir to combine. Then add the potatoes and stir to combine the ingredients together.
- Add the chicken/vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Now add the tamarind paste, lemon juice, salt/pepper & cayenne pepper and allow the sauce to simmer until it thickens.
- Turn heat off and serve the potato sauce along with the cassava leaves with a side of grilled chicken and coconut rice.
Stir in the chopped onions and cook to translucent. Add the chopped sweet potato leaves leaves in batches. Keep adding the leaves and tossing sautéing it all. Add the chicken strips and chicken bouillon and stir. And this time, we are going to talk about the health benefit of the mostly loved veggies, potato leaves, including its nutrition facts, cautions and recommendation in eating potato leaves.
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