DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Calulu de Carne
Angolan dried-beef stew with palm oil, okra and cassava leaves.
About Calulu de Carne
Xavier Bramble’s calulu de carne seca is an Angolan dried-beef stew with vegetables and palm oil. This profile selects the listed cassava-leaf option and water, with funge as the accompanying staple.
Tomatoes and white onion form the vegetable base, supported by garlic and bay. Dried beef supplies the savoury centre, while palm oil gives richness and the aubergine, greens and okra contribute vegetable flavour.
The dish combines pieces of beef with soft vegetables in a thickened sauce. Cassava flour adds body, and the separate funge accompanies the stew without a supplied subrecipe.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Calulu de Carne
Xavier Bramble’s Angolan dried-beef calulu with cassava leaves.
- Dried beefProtein
- African palm oilCooking medium
- White onionAromatic
- Ripe tomatoesBase
- Bay leavesSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- WaterLiquid
- AubergineBase
- Cassava leavesBase
- OkraBase
- Cassava flourBinder
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- FungeAccompaniment · ServingIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- African palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ripe tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Water selected rather than chicken stock; also explicit desalting and cassava-flour slurry water.
- Aubergine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cassava leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed cassava-leaf option selected instead of spinach; method only names spinach, so alternate timing/preparation not supplied.
- Okra: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cassava flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical kind unspecified.
- Funge: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named staple; grain and full formula unspecified, not assumed cassava or maize.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Angolan Cuisine
- Cabindan cuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Angolan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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