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Djenkoumé

Name: Djenkoumé
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Togo
Ingredients: 250g Corn grits; 2 Tomato; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 1 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1 tsp Salt; 700ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Cornmeal worked stiff in a tomato and chili sauce — Togo's red staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Djenkoumé is Togo's red corn paste: cornmeal is worked stiff in a sauce of tomato, onion, chili, and palm oil. From the same family as Benin's amiwo, in Togo it's classically eaten with grilled or fried chicken. It's also made for celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a festive day in a Togolese home, red corn paste is shaped into rounds and served with golden grilled chicken.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Corn grits 250g
Tomato 2
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Onion 1
Chili pepper 1
Ginger 1 piece
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 700ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Blend the tomatoes, onion, chili, and ginger.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and fry the purée and tomato paste for 10 minutes.
Add water and salt and bring to a boil.
Add the maize meal a little at a time and work vigorously.
Work on low for 15 minutes and shape into rounds.

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