About this dish
Steamed pumpkin leaves mixed with groundnut paste, a common Ugandan vegetable side.
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Ingredients
🥬500g pumpkin leaves
🥜1/3 cup groundnut paste
🍅2 tomatoes, chopped
🧅1 onion, chopped
Method
Serves 41
Wash and chop the pumpkin leaves.2
Steam or boil the leaves until tender.3
Sauté onion and tomato separately, then combine with groundnut paste.4
Mix the leaves into the groundnut sauce.5
Simmer briefly and serve with matoke or posho.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Ssaka is a traditional Ugandan vegetable dish, commonly made with pumpkin leaves and thickened with peanut paste.
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