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Miyan Taushe

Name: Miyan Taushe
Total time: 1h 15m
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 600g pumpkin, peeled and cubed; 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter; 400g beef, pre-boiled with stock; 100g dried fish, soaked; 2 tbsp daddawa, 2 scotch bonnets blended; 1/4 cup palm or groundnut oil; 3 cups chopped spinach or yakuwa leaves; 2 stock cubes, salt

Hausa pumpkin and groundnut soup — silky purée of roasted pumpkin enriched with peanut butter, spinach and dried fish.

1h 15m 4 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 600g pumpkin, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
• 400g beef, pre-boiled with stock
• 100g dried fish, soaked
• 2 tbsp daddawa, 2 scotch bonnets blended
• 1/4 cup palm or groundnut oil
• 3 cups chopped spinach or yakuwa leaves
• 2 stock cubes, salt

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Boil pumpkin until very soft, drain and mash or blend to a smooth purée.

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1
Boil pumpkin until very soft, drain and mash or blend to a smooth purée.
2
Heat oil, fry blended pepper and daddawa 5 minutes, add stock, peanut butter and pumpkin purée.
3
Simmer 10 minutes until oil rises, then add beef, dried fish and stock cubes; cook 8 minutes.
4
Fold in greens, cook 3 minutes and serve with tuwo, masa or rice.