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Djoumgblé
Also known as: Djoumblé
Djoumgblé is a dried-okra sauce. Marie-Reine’s 9 March 2014 account calls her dish sauce djomblé or sauce au gombo sec. This guide follows her chicken version, with smoked machoiron, freshwater crabs and pounded dried fish and shrimp listed alongside dried okra. Those are the ingredients of this attributed recipe, rather than a fixed formula for every sauce with the name.
About Djoumgblé
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
Djoumgblé is a dried-okra sauce. Marie-Reine’s 9 March 2014 account calls her dish sauce djomblé or sauce au gombo sec. This guide follows her chicken version, with smoked machoiron, freshwater crabs and pounded dried fish and shrimp listed alongside dried okra. Those are the ingredients of this attributed recipe, rather than a fixed formula for every sauce with the name.
The selected source does not describe the finished flavour. Its salt, pepper, garlic and chilies are named ingredients, but they do not establish how this sauce tastes when served. Marie-Reine also lists two Maggi cubes without explaining their addition stage or current formulation. Diane Sonia’s separate recipe, published by Oumou, uses a different combination of fresh and smoked meats and fish, so its seasoning and serving choices should be considered separately.
Finished mouthfeel remains undescribed. The recipe identifies diced onion, cubed tomatoes, dried okra and pounded fish and shrimp, and it gives a covered cooking sequence. These describe ingredients and preparation, without establishing a particular final thickness, smoothness or texture. The selected page gives no serving side, vessel or temperature instruction; the rice, tô and placali choices belong to Diane Sonia’s account.
Ingredients in Djoumgblé
Marie-Reine’s recipe, labelled for four diners, lists six cut-up chicken thighs; one large diced onion; two large fresh tomatoes in cubes; one glass of water and a further litre or more; one piece of smoked machoiron; four cleaned freshwater crabs; six tablespoons dried okra; four tablespoons palm oil; two tablespoons each of pounded dried fish and pounded dried shrimp; salt, pepper and chopped garlic; two fresh chilies with stems left on; and two Maggi cubes. Additional water is conditional on the later check. Keep the crabs, pounded fish, pounded shrimp and cubes on the ingredient list: their exact addition stages are not explained. Fish and crustacean species, pepper colour, cube formulation and crab-cleaning medium are unprovided.
Source limits: Selected listed crab, dried fish, dried shrimp and cube insertion stages unstated.
Source limits: Machoiron/carpe scientific species, crustacean species, generic pepper colour and cube/red-oil formulas unknown.
Source limits: Selected finished flavour, mouthfeel, side, serving vessel and serving temperature unprovided.
Source limits: Related meat/side formulas are separate; no universal recipe union.
- chicken thighs cut up[2]Recipe ingredient
- diced onions[2]Recipe ingredient
- fresh tomatoes cubed[2]Recipe ingredient
- water[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- water[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- smoked machoiron[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- cleaned freshwater crabs[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- dried okra[2]Recipe ingredient
- palm oil[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- pounded dried fish[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- pounded dried shrimps[2]Recipe ingredientSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- salt[2]Recipe ingredient
- pepper[2]Identity unresolved
- chopped garlic[2]Recipe ingredient
- fresh unstemmed chilies[2]Recipe ingredient
- Maggi cubes[2]Identity unresolved
- water[2]OptionalSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- dried pounded okra[1]Alternative component
- smoked fish[1]Alternative componentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- fresh carpe fish[1]Alternative componentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- fresh meat[1]Identity unresolved
- smoked beef tail[1]Alternative componentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- tomatoes[1]Alternative component
- onions[1]Alternative component
- chilies[1]Optional
- cube[1]Identity unresolved
- salt[1]Alternative component
- garlic[1]Alternative component
- parsley[1]Alternative component
- pepper[1]Identity unresolved
- cinnamon[1]Alternative component
- red oil[1]Identity unresolved
- water[1]Alternative componentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- water[1]Alternative componentSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- white rice[1]OptionalSource-specific formulation remains unresolved.
- tô[1]Identity unresolved
- placali[1]Identity unresolved
These foods describe the cited recipe. Ask the kitchen about its version and any additional ingredients or handling.
Origins & food traditions
Explore the countries and cooking traditions associated with this dish. These connections do not establish a single birthplace or limit where the dish is eaten today.
Marie-Reine presents this dried-okra sauce in a blog introducing Ivorian and Western cooking as a combination of her two cultures. Her welcome explains the Nzima greeting Akwaba and places Nzima within the Akan group of Côte d’Ivoire; this does not by itself establish a particular ethnic biography. Diane Sonia’s recipe, published by Oumou under Ivorian cooking, is a separately attributed version. Neither account establishes an exclusive historical origin or a universal recipe.
Source limits: Selected listed crab, dried fish, dried shrimp and cube insertion stages unstated.
Source limits: Machoiron/carpe scientific species, crustacean species, generic pepper colour and cube/red-oil formulas unknown.
Source limits: Selected finished flavour, mouthfeel, side, serving vessel and serving temperature unprovided.
Source limits: Related meat/side formulas are separate; no universal recipe union.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
Associations in the cited sources
These describe source-specific cultural or geographic connections. Catalogue links may still need review.
- Countries & places
- Ivory Coast
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.
Sources & references
Selected recipe: Marie-Reine, “Sauce djoumble ou sauce au gombo sec”, 9 March 2014, https://recette-afrique.blogspot.com/2014/03/sauce-djoumble-ou-sauce-au-gombo-sec.html. Separate version: “Sauce Djoumble”, recipe by Diane Sonia, published by Oumou, https://www.recettesafricaine.com/Sauce-djoumble.html. UK Food Standards Agency technical guidance describes the named fish and crustacean categories; it does not disclose these recipes’ supplier formulas or establish suitability for a diner.
Source limits: Selected listed crab, dried fish, dried shrimp and cube insertion stages unstated.
Source limits: Machoiron/carpe scientific species, crustacean species, generic pepper colour and cube/red-oil formulas unknown.
Source limits: Selected finished flavour, mouthfeel, side, serving vessel and serving temperature unprovided.
Source limits: Related meat/side formulas are separate; no universal recipe union.