World Cuisines

Isombe (Burundi)

Burundi

Burundi's cassava leaves: isombe — pounded cassava leaves simmered with groundnuts or palm oil and fish or meat, shared with Rwanda across the border of kinship. Ingredients: cassava leaves, groundnut paste, palm oil, smoked fish or beef, onions, leeks.

What it is

Burundi's cassava leaves: isombe — pounded cassava leaves simmered with groundnuts or palm oil and fish or meat, shared with Rwanda across the border of kinship. Ingredients: cassava leaves, groundnut paste, palm oil, smoked fish or beef, onions, leeks. Recipe: 1) Pound the leaves; boil. 2) Add nuts and oil. 3) Add fish or meat; simmer into a dark sauce. 4) Season. Serve: with rice or ubugari fufu. Flavor: green, nutty, deep. History: isombe binds the Great Lakes tables; Burundi's version rides its palm-oil east. See also: Ibiharage (Burundi Beans), Brochettes (Burundi).

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