Rwandan Isombe

Name: Rwandan Isombe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: East African
Ingredients: 400g cassava leaves (or spinach); 1 eggplant, diced; 100g ground peanuts; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 400ml water; 2 tbsp palm oil or vegetable oil; salt to taste

Cassava leaves cooked with eggplant, spinach and peanuts — East African comfort food.

Total time

50 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

East African

vegangluten-free

Ingredients

400gcassava leaves (or spinach)

1eggplant, diced

100gground peanuts

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic

400mlwater

2 tbsppalm oil or vegetable oil

saltto taste

Instructions

Fry onion in oil until golden. Add garlic.

Add eggplant and cook 5 minutes.

Add cassava leaves and water. Simmer 20 minutes.

Stir in ground peanuts. Simmer 10 minutes more.

Season and serve with ugali or sweet potato.