Togolese Gboma Dessi
Togolese Gboma Dessi, also called sauce feuille, is a sauce traditionally prepared with spinach, beef, chicken, shrimps,and smoked fish. You can eat Togolese Gboma Dessi with akoume or rice.
Equipment
Cooking Pot
Ingredients
- 1 lb Spinach
- 1/4 tbsp Salt
- 6 pcs Hot pepper
- 14 oz Tomato paste
- 3 pcs Fresh Tomatoes
- 1/4 lb Shrimp (optional)
- 1 lb Smoked fish
- 1 1/2 lb Beef, chopped
- 2 Maggi Stock Cubes
- 2 Onions, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp Ginger paste
- 1/4 cup Palm oil
- 1 tbsp Cloves
- 1/4 tbsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Ajwain seeds
- 1 tbsp cardamom seeds
Instructions
- In a large cooking pot, heat part of ¼ cup of palm oil or dzomi.
- Saute the chopped onion, minced garlic and ginger for two minutes.
- Add your beef, a pinch of salt, and one Maggi stock cube.
- Add gbotemi spice.
- Add a little water, stir and cover to cook for 30 – 40 minutes.
- After, add the smoked fish and shrimp and leave the mixture to boil for 10 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Wash and slice your spinach leaves or gboma. You can also use your hand to slice the gboma leaves into pieces.
- Steam for five minutes with a little water.
- Put the remaining palm oil to boil and add chopped onion, garlic, and ginger paste.
- Add your tomato paste and stir. After 5 minutes, add your fresh tomatoes and leave to boil for 10 minutes.
- Pop or squeeze the hot pepper in the sauce. Stir, taste, and season with a Maggi stock cube, and a pinch of salt.
- Add your boiled meat and broth to the tomato sauce.
- Leave to boil for 15 minutes and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Serve hot with boiled rice or Akoumé
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Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 110kcalCarbohydrates: 3.6gProtein: 25.7gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gPotassium: 167mgFiber: 2.2gVitamin C: 28.1mgCalcium: 29.7mgIron: 0.81mg