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Kitaba

Name: Kitaba
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Angola
Ingredients: 200g (unsalted) Peanuts; 1 Chili pepper; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vegetable oil; To taste Baguette

Snack

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Roasted peanuts ground with chili — Angola's spicy peanut paste.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kitaba is an Angolan snack, a paste of roasted peanuts ground with chili and salt. It's spread on bread or eaten with fried cassava or grilled corn. Sold at markets and by the roadside, it's also popular with beer.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a corner of a Luanda market, little jars of paste are lined up and sold alongside grilled corn.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Peanuts 200g (unsalted)
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vegetable oil 1 tbsp
Baguette To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the peanuts in a frying pan until fragrant.
Rub off the skins and cool.
Chop the chilies.
Grind the peanuts, chili, salt, and oil in a mortar or food processor until smooth.
Spread on bread to eat.

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