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Domoda

Name: Domoda
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: The Gambia
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 5 tbsp Peanut butter; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 200g Pumpkin; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 1/2 Lemon; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 800ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Meat and pumpkin stewed with peanuts and tomato — The Gambia's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Domoda is a peanut stew considered The Gambia's national dish: beef or chicken is stewed with onion, tomato paste, and peanut paste, with pumpkin or sweet potato added. Peanuts are a major Gambian export, and domoda over white rice is a home staple.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunch in a Gambian home, thick peanut-colored stew is poured over a big platter of white rice as the family gathers to eat.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 400g
Peanut butter 5 tbsp
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Pumpkin 200g
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Lemon 1/2
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 800ml
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, brown the bite-size beef, and sauté the onion and garlic.
Add the tomato paste and fry, then add water and simmer 30 minutes.
Thin the peanut butter with some of the liquid and add.
Add the diced pumpkin and chili and simmer 20 minutes.
Squeeze over lemon and serve with rice.

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