Recipe: A Taste of Niger’s Culinary Traditional Djerma Stew

When it comes to Niger’s Djerma stew, you’ll find it wholesome, warming, and comforting as it nourishes your soul, mind, and body, like love. To enjoy this meal from west Africa, you’ll need the correct recipe for a Niger-style djerma.

Djerma stew is Niger’s national dish, a traditional and uncomplicated stew, one of its staple foods. With its rich history and recipes passed down from generation to generation, djerma stew has also evolved into its modern-day presentation in different parts of the globe.

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Although it can be eaten without meat, making it an easily-adaptable meal and thus a suitable option for both vegans and vegetarians, the traditional choice of meat for Djerma stew is chicken.

The mix of flavors in the cuisine of Niger is incredibly diverse and delicious. Many of the spices residents use in this cuisine were originally Arabian. And these were brought by Arabs to Niger, whose people merged them with their local food bases to make unique and flavorful dishes. 

Some of these spices include ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, saffron, and cloves. 

Back to the recipe for today, let’s get started on how to prepare Niger’s djerma stew.

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How to Prepare Djerma Stew

Ingredients

• Chives
• Parsley 
• ½ cup of vegetable oil
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 2″ ginger, peeled
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 1/2 tbsp curry powder
• 3 cups chicken stock
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic minced
• 1.5 kg chicken drumsticks or the thighs
• 6 fresh tomatoes, chopped

Instructions

1. Wash the chicken pieces and season with salt and pepper, then set aside.
2. Blend the onions, ginger and garlic 
3. Pour oil into a cooking pot or ;pan, preferably a Dutch oven and set it on fire
4. Brown the chicken for 10 minutes on medium – high heat
5. Add the blended mixture and sauté them in oil for a few minutes
6. Add seasonal herbs, tomatoes, thyme, curry powder, paprika, and bouillon cubes. 
7. Give the sauce a stir
8. Allow the sauce to boil for 30 minutes
9. Add chicken stock
10. Leave to boil for about 15 minutes
11. Add chopped parsley, carrots, chives and herbs
12. Separate a cup of liquid from the stew and whisk it with the peanut butter in a separate bowl.
13. Pour this peanut butter and sauce mixture back into the pot.
14. Allow the peanut butter to enrich and thicken the stew. 
15. Leave to boil for 20 minutes
16. Add salt and pepper to taste
17. Discard the bay leaf if you want to.
18. Once cooked, garnish with parsley and spring onions or any salad you’d prefer, and serve with boiled white rice.

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Djerma Stew

Niger

Sedi Djentuh

Djerma stew is Niger’s national dish, a traditional and uncomplicated stew. With its rich history and recipes passed down from generation to generation, djerma stew has also evolved into its modern-day presentation.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine African

Servings 4

Calories 168.8 kcal

Equipment

Cooking Pot

Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 tbsp Chives
• 1/2 tbsp Parsley
• ½ cup of oil
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 onion diced
• 1 tbsp paprika
• 2 carrots diced
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 2 ” ginger peeled
• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 1/2 tbsp curry powder
• 3 cups chicken stock
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 2 spring onions sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic minced
• 1.5 kg chicken drumsticks
• 6 fresh tomatoes chopped

Instructions

 

• Wash the chicken pieces and season with salt and pepper, then set aside.
• Blend the onions, ginger and garlic
• Pour oil into a cooking pot, preferably a Dutch oven and set it on fire
• Brown the chicken for 10 minutes
• Add the blended mixture and sauté them in oil for a few minutes
• Add tomatoes, thyme, curry powder, paprika, and bouillon cubes.
• Give the sauce a stir
• Allow the sauce to boil for 30 minutes
• Add chicken stock
• Leave to boil for about 15 minutes
• Add chopped parsley, carrots, chives and herbs
• Separate a cup of liquid from the stew and whisk it with the peanut butter in a separate bowl.
• Pour this peanut butter and sauce mixture back into the pot.
• Allow the peanut butter to enrich and thicken the stew.
• Leave to boil for 20 minutes
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Discard the bay leaf if you want to.
• Once cooked, garnish with parsley and spring onions and serve with boiled rice.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 168.8kcalCarbohydrates: 15.8gProtein: 15.5gSaturated Fat: 1.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1.2gCholesterol: 30.2mgSodium: 536.8mgPotassium: 655.2mgFiber: 3.5gSugar: 3.4gVitamin A: 191.5IUVitamin C: 16.6mgCalcium: 42.8mgIron: 2.2mg

Keyword African cuisine, Djerma Stew

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