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African vegetable leaves and yams

Also known as: Ngago leaves and yams

Ngago leaves and yam simmered with onion and peanut butter.

African vegetable leaves and yams — illustrative food image

About African vegetable leaves and yams

This Central African Republic cookbook preparation combines ngago leaves and yam with onion and peanut butter. It follows the recipe preserved in the Peace Corps C.A.R. cookbook excerpt.

Peanut butter supplies the principal nutty, savoury richness, with onion giving a gentler aromatic sweetness. Salt provides the simple seasoning in this selected recipe.

Chunks of yam sit among shredded greens in a lightly simmered soup. Flattened pieces of peanut butter enrich the liquid, giving contrast to the leafy vegetables and starchy yam.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Peanuts.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in African vegetable leaves and yams

Peace Corps C.A.R. cookbook’s ngago leaves and yams.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Ngago leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Local leaf name retained; botanical identity unresolved
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Oil type unspecified
  • Yam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Peanut butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanuts source-confirmed. Other product constituents unresolved
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed

Recipe-specific unresolved details

  • Ngago botanical identity remains unresolved.
  • Oil type, peanut-butter additional constituents and original cookbook bibliographic details unresolved.
  • Source is a published cookbook excerpt rather than a verified scan of the original edition.

Origins & food traditions

The published excerpt attributes the recipe to the Peace Corps office’s C.A.R. cookbook; original edition details are uncertain.

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Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. The Official Peace Corps C.A.R. Cookbook, excerpt — African Vegetable Leaves and Yams