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Tiguadèguèna

Name: Tiguadèguèna
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mali
Ingredients: 400g Beef; 5 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Sweet potato; 1 Eggplant; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; 800ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Meat and vegetables stewed in peanut sauce — Mali's signature home dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tiguadèguèna means 'peanut sauce' in Bambara and is Mali's signature home dish. Lamb, beef, or chicken is simmered with onion and tomato, enriched with peanut paste, and sweet potatoes, eggplant, or cabbage are added. It's eaten with white rice or tô (stiff grain porridge).

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Malian village courtyard, peanut stew from a big pot is poured over a platter of white rice as the family gathers to eat with their right hands.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

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

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and sauté the diced beef and onion.
Add the chopped tomato, tomato paste, garlic, and chili and fry.
Add water and salt and simmer 40 minutes.
Thin the peanut butter with some of the liquid and add, along with the diced sweet potato and eggplant.
Simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thick, and serve with rice.

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