About this dish
A soup made from fermented bamboo shoots, cooked with groundnuts.
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Ingredients
🎋2 cups fermented bamboo shoots
🥜1/2 cup ground peanuts
🧅1 onion, chopped
🍅1 tomato, chopped
Method
Serves 21
Sauté onion and tomato until softened.2
Add the fermented bamboo shoots and a little water.3
Simmer for about 20 minutes.4
Stir in ground peanuts to thicken the sauce.5
Season with salt and serve with matoke or rice.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Malewa is a traditional dish of the Bagisu people of eastern Uganda, made from fermented bamboo shoots unique to the region's cuisine.
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