Let me introduce you to the one and only African dish I will never get tired of eating: Foofoo & Egusi!
My palette loves this dish but my body rejects it by giving me heart burn after eating it.
In typical Yasmin fashion, I decided to create my own version and replace the ingredients that were the cause of my heartburn.
The original recipe is made with pumpkin seeds and the dough is made with fermented cassava. To suit my dietary needs, I used boiled Burro bananas instead of fermented cassava. Burro bananas have lots of health benefits! I removed the palmful and used water instead. The end result was a delicious meal that may reminds me of home. So filling and so delicious.
There are two photos below: Photo on the right is the original recipe made with palm oil, meat, greens egusi and cassava dough. Photo on left is my version. No palm oil, no meat, no egusi and burro banana in place of cassava dough.
Ingredients + Recipe
Burro Banana
Onions
Salt
Peanut butter
Scott bonnets
Callaloo
Mushrooms
Okra
Tomato paste
Water