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Fakoye (Jute Leaf Sauce)

Fakoye (Jute Leaf Sauce)

Mali

70Minutes
MediumLevel
5Serves
9Steps
About

A dark, gently slippery jute-leaf sauce from the Songhai communities of northern Mali, simmered with mutton and served ladled over rice.

Equipment
  • Pot
  • Knife
  • Wooden spoon
Ingredients
Mutton or beef, cubed600 g
Fresh jute (corete/mloukhiya) leaves, or frozen400 g
Onions2
Tomatoes2
Garlic3 cloves
Dried fish or crayfish, ground3 tbsp
Soumbala (fermented locust bean)1 tbsp
Chilli1
Stock cubes2
Oil3 tbsp
Saltto taste

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