DR Congo
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Pondu
The Congo's green gold: cassava leaves pounded and simmered for hours with groundnuts, palm oil and smoked fish or meat — pondu is the great river's defining stew. Ingredients: cassava leaves, groundnuts or palm pulp, pa…
Liboke (Fish Parcels)
The banana-leaf parcels of the river: fish, meat or caterpillars seasoned with onions, chiles and herbs, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed or grilled — liboke perfumes itself. Ingredients: river fish (capitaine, tilap…
Mbinzo (Caterpillars)
Caterpillars of the forest: mbinzo — the protein-rich caterpillars gathered from Congo Basin trees — stewed with tomatoes, onions and palm oil into a Kinshasa delicacy. Ingredients: dried or fresh caterpillars (mbinzo),…
Ntaba (Grilled Goat)
Kinshasa's grilled goat and beef: brochettes and whole cuts roasted at the nganda bars, cut over the fire and eaten with pili-pili, onions and kwanga cassava bread. Ingredients: goat or beef, salt, chiles, onions, oil; k…
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