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Nkui

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Nkui
About this dish

A slippery, thick soup made from tree bark powder and okra, served with meat and fish.

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Ingredients
🌳1 cup nkui bark powder
🥩300g assorted meat
🐟150g smoked fish
🫘1/2 cup ground crayfish
Method
Serves 3
1
Soak the nkui bark powder in water and strain to extract the thickening liquid.
2
Simmer the meat and fish in seasoned stock until tender.
3
Add the strained nkui liquid, stirring until the soup thickens and becomes slippery.
4
Add ground crayfish and adjust seasoning.
5
Serve with pounded cocoyam or fufu.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Nkui is a traditional dish from Cameroon's western highlands, distinctively thickened with nkui tree bark.

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