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Chibwabwa

Name: Chibwabwa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zambia
Ingredients: 2 bunches Spinach; 3 tbsp Peanut butter; 1 Tomato; 1/2 Onion; 1/2 tsp Salt; 150ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Pumpkin leaves simmered with peanuts and tomato — a Zambian rainy-season relish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chibwabwa are young pumpkin leaves; in Zambia, pumpkin leaves are picked from the fields and cooked during the rainy season. The tough fibers are removed, and the leaves are chopped and simmered with tomato, onion, and ground peanuts. They're also dried to eat in the dry season.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Zambian field during the rains, leaves from sprawling pumpkin vines are picked and stewed with peanuts at home.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Spinach 2 bunches
Peanut butter 3 tbsp
Tomato 1
Onion 1/2
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 150ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Chop the greens.
Simmer the water, chopped tomato, and onion in a pot for 5 minutes.
Add the greens and simmer 5 minutes.
Stir in the peanut butter and simmer 5 minutes.
Season with salt.

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