DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Loso na Madesu
Congolese red-bean stew in an aromatic tomato base, accompanied by plain white rice.
About Loso na Madesu
Loso na Madesu brings together rice and seasoned beans in Congolese cooking. Hawa Hassan’s red-bean rendition has a tomato-rich sauce with yellow onion, green onion, garlic and bell pepper.
Sweet paprika and freshly grated nutmeg give the stew a warm aroma. The beans have a creamy texture, with their cooking liquid contributing body to the tomato sauce.
Plain white rice forms the other part of the meal, offering a mild contrast to the seasoned beans. Fried plantains are an optional accompaniment to this generous rice-and-bean plate.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Loso na Madesu
Hawa Hassan's madesu with plain white rice.
- Dried red beansBase
- Bay leavesSeasoning
- Yellow onionAromatic
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Green onionsAromatic
- Green bell pepperAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Canned chopped tomatoes with juiceBase
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- Chicken bouillon cubesSeasoning
- Sweet paprikaSeasoning
- NutmegSeasoning
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Prepared plain white riceAccompaniment
- Prepared fried plantainsAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Dried red beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual31 first red over white dried beans, soak46 and cook47 fully inline. Broad red-beans candidate only; no kidney cultivar inferred.
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32/47/50 explicit bean cooking and removal.
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual33/47-48 halved and chopped yellow onion consolidated, green onions distinct.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34/48 first olive oil over vegetable-oil alternative; no palm-oil union from other households in introduction.
- Green onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual35/48 first six green onions over three spring onions alternative.
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual36/48 explicit green bell pepper, not chilli.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual37/48 actual chopped cloves.
- Canned chopped tomatoes with juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual38/48 literal canned chopped tomatoes with their juices; broad tomato base mapping only, canned formulation unknown, no separate invented tomato juice or added salt product.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual39/48 separate tomato paste.
- Chicken bouillon cubes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual40/49 chicken bouillon cubes. Broad chicken-bouillon candidate; brand, salt and other subingredients/allergens unresolved.
- Sweet paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual41/49 specifically sweet paprika.
- Nutmeg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual42/49 freshly grated nutmeg; no added unnamed spice inferred.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual43/49-50 actual salt seasoning.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual43/49 freshly ground black pepper.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual46-47 explicit bean soak/cooking liquid and50 combines beans with tomato base. No missing-measures hold.
- Prepared plain white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 plain white rice main accompaniment and exact Loso na Madesu rice-and-beans identity in NKENNE115/125. Required here for this named whole rice-and-beans representative, rather than unaccompanied Madesu. Broad cooked-rice candidate, actual full rice formula unprovided.
- Prepared fried plantains (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 offered most-common main-meal service beside rice/beans. Optional serving suggestion; full own plantain manufacture/oil formula unprovided. Not mapped to raw fruit as exact prepared product.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Democratic Republic of the CongoCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Congolese
- Congolese CuisineCatalogue link pending review