This week on our Afro Cuisine recipe is Gboma Dessi. It is another #TastyThursday and we want you to savor a taste of Africa. You can search for the ingredients in African stores around you; or better still take a trip to Africa and give your tastebuds a treat.
- 1 lb spinach
- 2 lb beef , cut into large cubes
- 3 onions , thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger , minced
- 2 cubes chicken bouillon
- 5 tablespoons palm oil (or vegetable oil)
- 2 hot peppers
- 1 (14 oz) can tomato sauce
- Gbotemi spice blend (cloves, anise, ajwain, cardamom seeds roasted and ground then mixed with ground ginger)
- Salt
- Pepper
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In a pressure cooker with a little oil, saute an onion, a clove of garlic and ginger for 2 minutes.
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Add the meat, salt, pepper and 1 cube of chicken bouillon. Cover with water.
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Close the pressure cooker. Cook over high heat to build up the pressure until the first whistle.
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Then reduce heat and cook for 45 minutes (or more depending on the meat and the pressure cooker).
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Remove the meat from the pan, drain and place in a bowl. Keep the broth in the pot. Season the meat with gbotemi.
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While the meat is cooking, wash the spinach leaves. Boil in salted boiling water for 15 minutes, then cut into thin slices.
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Sauté 2 onions and 2 cloves garlic in a saucepan with remaining palm oil (or vegetable oil).
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Add the tomato puree. Stir regularly for at least 15 minutes. Season with pepper, 1 cube of bouillon, hot peppers.
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Add the broth to the pot. Boil over medium heat for 20-25 minutes.
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Add drained spinach leaves, then meat. Simmer for at least 15-20 minutes.
- Serve.
Original Recipe By 196flavors
