Groundnut Sauce (Maffé)

Centre · 45 min · Easy · Serves 2

A smooth Cameroonian peanut sauce: tomato and peanut paste simmered with chicken or meat, seasoned with country spices.

Ingredients

• 300g Beef
• 80g Crayfish
• 2 pcs Tomatoes
• 2 pcs Onion
• 1 bunch Celery
• 1 bunch Parsley
• 1 bunch Basil (masepo)
• 1 pcs Leek
• 20g Ginger
• 2 cloves Garlic
• 5g White pepper
• 500ml Vegetable oil
• 2 cubes Seasoning cube (Maggi)
• 10g Salt
• 100g Roasted peanuts

Instructions

1. Roast the peanuts in a dry pan for about 10 minutes, cool, peel and blend with water into a smooth paste.
2. Sauté the chopped onion in oil, then add the pre-cooked beef and brown it.
3. Add the tomatoes blended with the green spices and simmer until the sauce is dry and the oil rises.
4. Stir in the peanut paste and immediately add about 2 cups of water; bring to a boil with the lid half open.
5. Once it thickens, stir in the stock, ginger-garlic-pepper paste and remaining onion; simmer 5 minutes.
6. Stir in the seasoning, salt and a final drizzle of oil; cook on low for 5 minutes and serve.