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Loso na Madesu

Name: Loso na Madesu
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: DR Congo
Ingredients: 250g (dried) Red kidney beans; 300g Rice; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 3 tbsp Palm oil; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Rice

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Beans stewed with tomato and palm oil and eaten with rice — Congo's everyday rice and beans.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Loso na madesu means 'rice and beans' in Lingala and is one of the most familiar meals in the DR Congo. Kidney beans are boiled tender, seasoned with onion, tomato, and palm oil, and poured over white rice. It's eaten almost daily in eateries and homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Kinshasa eatery at midday, red bean stew is poured over white rice as workers eat in a hurry.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Red kidney beans 250g (dried)
Rice 300g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Palm oil 3 tbsp
Garlic 2 cloves
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the beans overnight, change the water, and boil for 1.5 hours until tender.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and sauté the onion, garlic, and chopped tomato.
Add the beans with a little cooking liquid, season with salt, and simmer 20 minutes.
Cook the rice.
Spoon out the rice and pour the beans over.

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