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Benni Soup

Name: Benni Soup
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sierra Leone
Ingredients: 100g White Sesame Seeds; 400g Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1 tsp Salt; 800ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Soup

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Toasted sesame ground and stewed with meat — Sierra Leone's rich sesame soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Benni (sesame) has long been grown in Sierra Leone, and benni soup — meat or fish stewed in a paste of toasted ground sesame — is traditional home cooking. Similar to peanut soup but with sesame's toasty aroma, it's poured over rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Sierra Leonean village kitchen, toasted sesame is ground in a mortar and stewed with meat in a pot.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Sesame Seeds 100g
Beef 400g
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Chili pepper 1
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 800ml
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the sesame in a frying pan until fragrant and grind into a paste in a mortar or blender.
Cut the beef into bite-size pieces and simmer 30 minutes with the onion, chili, and water.
Add the chopped tomato and palm oil and simmer 10 minutes.
Stir in the sesame paste and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Season with salt and pour over rice.

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