About this dish
A stew of clams and peanuts cooked in coconut milk with pumpkin leaves.
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Ingredients
🦪500g clams, cleaned
🥥1 cup coconut milk
🥜1/4 cup ground peanuts
🥬2 cups pumpkin leaves, chopped
🧅1 onion, chopped
Method
Serves 21
Sauté onion until softened.2
Add the pumpkin leaves and a little water, cooking until wilted.3
Add the clams and coconut milk, and simmer until the clams open.4
Stir in ground peanuts to thicken the sauce.5
Season with salt and serve with rice.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Matata is a traditional Mozambican coastal dish, valued for its combination of shellfish, ground peanuts, and greens.
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