DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ekwang
Cameroonian cocoyam-leaf parcels simmered with beef, fish and palm oil.
About Ekwang
Imma Adamu’s ekwang is a cocoyam-parcel preparation associated in her account with Cameroon’s Bakweri community. This profile selects the recommended red cocoyam, traditional cocoyam leaves and hand-grated preparation from her recipe.
Beef, dried fish and ground crayfish enrich the palm-oil cooking liquid. Onion, white pepper and bouillon season the dish, with country onions, Scotch bonnet and bitter leaf explicitly optional.
The wrapped cocoyam forms finger-shaped parcels arranged together in the pot. The source emphasizes preserving their shape; the final dish holds the parcels among meat and fish.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ekwang
Imma Adamu’s Cameroonian red-cocoyam ekwang.
- Red cocoyamBase
- Cocoyam leavesBase
- BeefProtein
- Dried fishProtein
- Ground crayfishSeasoning
- OnionAromatic
- Palm oilCooking medium
- Bouillon granulesSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Ground country onionsSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- White pepperSeasoning
- Scotch bonnet pepperSeasoning · Optional
- Bitter leafAromatic · Optional
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Red cocoyam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cocoyam candidate; preferred red variety, exact taxon unknown.
- Cocoyam leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Traditional edible wrapper selected over substitute greens.
- Beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Boiled within method; stock retained as endogenous cooking liquid, not separate purchased broth.
- Dried fish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Species and processing formula unspecified.
- Ground crayfish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Broader crayfish candidate; ground form.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bouillon granules: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Maggi named as option/used in method; full product formula unprovided.
- Ground country onions (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional spice; botanical identity not ordinary onion by assumption.
- White pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scotch bonnet pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected named optional hot pepper.
- Bitter leaf (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed optional ingredient without separate method allocation.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Additional generic salt-and-pepper list seasoning; type unspecified, distinct from named white pepper.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit root holding and cooking waters; retained beef cooking stock endogenous. No washing-medium allocation inferred.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cameroon
- CameroonCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cameroonian Cuisine
- Sawa Coastal CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.