Mozambican Matata Verde

Name: Mozambican Matata Verde
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mozambican
Ingredients: 4 cups young cassava leaves, pounded; 1/2 cup ground peanuts; 1 cup coconut milk; 1 onion, chopped

Folhas de Mandioca/FOH-lyahs deh mahn-jee-OH-kah/

About this dish

Young cassava leaves stewed with peanuts and coconut milk, a nutritious green stew.

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Ingredients

🥬4 cups young cassava leaves, pounded

🥜1/2 cup ground peanuts

🥥1 cup coconut milk

🧅1 onion, chopped

Method

Serves 4

Simmer the pounded cassava leaves in water until tender.

Sauté onion, then add to the leaves along with ground peanuts and coconut milk.

Simmer until thickened and well combined.

Season with salt.

Serve with rice or xima.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Stewed cassava leaves are a common preparation across Mozambique, valued for making use of the leafy greens of the cassava plant.

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