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Dawadawa Soup

Name: Dawadawa Soup
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 1 guinea fowl; Dawadawa (fermented locust bean); Tomato, onion, chili; Shea butter or palm oil; Salt; Aromatic leaves

Northern Ghana's earthy soup thickened with fermented locust-bean seeds, guinea fowl and shea butter.

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1h 30m 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

1 guinea fowl
Dawadawa (fermented locust bean)
Tomato, onion, chili
Shea butter or palm oil
Salt
Aromatic leaves

Method

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Simmer guinea fowl with onion and salt till tender.

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1
Simmer guinea fowl with onion and salt till tender.
2
Add tomato-chili puree; cook 15 min.
3
Mash dawadawa in stock; add with shea butter.
4
Simmer 20 min; serve with tuo zaafi.