Received 17:04:14 on 08/18/91, Posting # 54 ***** Subject: Malian Peanut Sauce From: Jerome Grimmer From: pape@agcrr.bio.ns.ca (Andrew Pape) Newsgroups: rec.food.veg Here is a recipe for Malian peanut sauce which can be served over rice, millet, sprghum, or cous-cous (corn or othern grains). It comes from Southern Mali. Normally, one would use chicken in the recipe, but I have modified it to use tofu instead. Its quite good, although it is very rich because of the peanuts. It should be noted that this recipe is off the top of my head. Ingerdients: Oil 1/2 cup Onion 1 large Garlic 2 cloves Tofu 2-3 squares Tomatoes 1 can or 2 Cabbage (green) 1/2 a large cabbage (3 months) Potatoes 2 Eggplant (optional) 1 medium sized Water enough to cover vegetables Bay leaf 2-3 Salt Pepper Hot sauce or piments (chili peppers) Peanut Paste (no salt, sugar) 1 350ml container Get a large pot and heat up the 1/2 of the oil (1/4 cup) and then add the chopped onion and garlic. Let brown for 2 minutes or so and then add the tofu, which should be chopped into cubes. Let the tofu brown as well. Add the tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes, bay leaves, salt, pepper, hot sauce (or piments) and enough water into the pot to cover all the vegetables with water. Add Eggplant if desired. Let the vegetables simmer for about an hour, stirring regularly, covering the pot, and leaving it at medium heat. Add water if necessary as it evaporates. The consistency should be fairly thick. Add the peanut paste and stir it in well so that the liquid is consistent throughout. The peanut paste should thicken the sauce. Let it cook for about 10 monites on medium with the peanut paste. Serve over rice, millet, sorghum, or cous-cous. In Mali, often the hot peppers (piments) are left whole, and if the person eating the sauce chooses, she/he can open up the hot pepper (break its skin) and dab it on the food, making it spicy hot. Also, normally the food is served in a large bowl (suace over millet), and people sit around the bowl (4-5 persons) and eat out of the same bowl with their right hands. This is in rural Mali. Enjoy. If you have any questions, write: Andrew Pape pape@agcrr.bio.ns.ca *****