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Calalu Recipe

Origin: Benin      Period: Traditional

Calalu is a dish from Benin that has counterparts all over West Africa. It's a stew of meat, greens and chillies.

Ingredients:

1.2kg meat cut into bite sized pieces (any combination of red meat, fowl and/or fish can be used)
1kg, or more, mixed greens (any combination of cassava leaves, taro leaves, chard, sorrel leaves, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, collard greens. spinach, Savoy cabbage or similar) [note: if using taro greens they must be parboiled and rinsed before they are added to the stew]
3 tomatoes, blanched, peeled and chopped
200g dried prawns
10 okra, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 hot chilli peppers, chopped
salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper, to taste
palm oil for cooking (or groundnut oil with paprika for colouring)


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Calalu Preparation:


Method:

Heat some 4 tbsp oil in a large pot and fry the meat and onions until the meat is browned. Add all the remaining ingredients and just enough water to partially cover them. Cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook on very low heat for two hours or more.

Serve on a bed of rice.

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