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recipes:mains:ekwang [2020/11/14 16:21] christianrecipes:mains:ekwang [2020/11/14 17:11] (current) – [Ingredients] christian
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-====== Ekwang (Cameroonian Dish)======+====== Ekwang (Cameroonian Taro Dumpling Stew)======
 ===== Ingredients ===== ===== Ingredients =====
   * Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta - Taro)   * Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta - Taro)
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   * Country onion (5 or so) (Afrostyrax lepidophyllus)   * Country onion (5 or so) (Afrostyrax lepidophyllus)
   * Dried crayfish   * Dried crayfish
-  * Dried fish+  * Dried smoked fish 
 +  * stewing beef
   * Maggi cubes + maggi crevette cubes   * Maggi cubes + maggi crevette cubes
   * Palm oil   * Palm oil
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 ===== Method ===== ===== Method =====
-Whatever beef you have, simmer until tender and keep the juices.+Whatever beef you have, simmer for a good half hour with onion and maggi cube and keep the juices.
  
  
-Peel coco yam, put through juicer (yes). +Peel coco yam (wear gloves!), put through juicer (yes). 
-Use the white mass, mixed with salt and maggi cube, and roll it in the leaves. Put palm oil in saucepan, stack rolled leaves. Blitz ginger, garlic and chilli peppers, two cups of water, dried crayfish, country onions, chopped red onion, chopped tomatoes, dried fish, beef with juices if you want to, etc. and simmer for 1.5 hours.+Use the white mass, mixed with salt and maggi cube, and roll it in the half a taro leaf from which you have removed the stemDo not taste the mixture - it's poisonous before it's cooked! 
 + 
 +Put palm oil in saucepan, stack rolled leaves. Blitz ginger, garlic and chilli peppers, two cups of water, dried crayfish, country onions, chopped red onion, chopped tomatoes, dried fish, beef with juices if you want to, etc. and simmer for 1.5 hours on a slow heat.
  
 ===== From https://cookedearth.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/republic-of-cameroon/ ===== ===== From https://cookedearth.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/republic-of-cameroon/ =====
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 Ekwang Ekwang
  
-3 medium-sized taro roots, peeled +  * 3 medium-sized taro roots, peeled 
-15 large taro leaves, central stems removed – each leaf should yield two rectangular sheets +  15 large taro leaves, central stems removed – each leaf should yield two rectangular sheets 
-3/4 lb. lean stew beef, cut into thin slices +  3/4 lb. lean stew beef, cut into thin slices 
-1 large white onion, one-half chopped and set aside, the other half pureed and set aside +  1 large white onion, one-half chopped and set aside, the other half pureed and set aside 
-3-4 pieces of dried, smoked fish (about 1/2 lb., in total) +  3-4 pieces of dried, smoked fish (about 1/2 lb., in total) 
-1 cup whole dried crayfish (njanga) +  1 cup whole dried crayfish (njanga) 
-2-inch piece fresh ginger, pureed +  2-inch piece fresh ginger, pureed 
-4 Maggi cubes (any flavor) +  4 Maggi cubes (any flavor) 
-1/2 cup red palm oil +  1/2 cup red palm oil 
-salt +  salt 
-ground red chili+  ground red chili
  
 Wash the taro leaves thoroughly and set aside. Wash the taro leaves thoroughly and set aside.
recipes/mains/ekwang.1605367302.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/11/14 16:21 by christian