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Voanjobory sy Henakisoa

Name: Voanjobory sy Henakisoa
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Madagascar
Ingredients: 400g (canned) White beans; 400g Pork belly; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 150 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Bambara beans and pork stewed with tomato — home cooking from Madagascar's central highlands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Voanjobory are Bambara groundnuts, a bean native to Africa, and in Madagascar they're classically stewed with pork in tomato. It's home cooking of the central highlands, where the starchy beans pair well with the richness of the pork fat. It's eaten with white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a red-earth village of the central highlands, the smell of bean and pork stew drifts from the kitchen in the evening as the family back from the rice fields gathers at the table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White beans 400g (canned)
Pork belly 400g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the pork belly into bite-size pieces and fry until the fat renders.
Add the onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté.
Add the chopped tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes.
Add the white beans and 400ml water and simmer on low for 40 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.
Serve with rice.

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