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Nkumu o Nfula

Gabon · Haut-Ogooué and the south

What we know so far

Nkumu is the Gabonese name for the forest vine Gnetum africanum, the same leaf that Cameroon calls eru and the Congos call fumbwa or koko. Nkumu o nfula is the way the Haut-Ogooué province cooks it: the shredded leaves are dropped into a pot of palm oil, smoked fish or dried shrimp and indigenous salt, stirred for a few minutes and served with ripe plantain or cassava. It is one of Gabon's best-known regional dishes and turns up on restaurant menus in Libreville.

The draft was written from 3 published sources and holds 8 ingredients and 6 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

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Waiting for a cook

Nkumu o Nfula

Gabon · Haut-Ogooué and the south

What we know so far

The draft was written from 3 published sources and holds 8 ingredients and 6 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

What claiming it means

Cook it the way you actually make it. Change anything in our draft that is wrong, and most of it probably is.
Photograph your own, so the page carries a real picture instead of somebody else's.
Send it in. An editor reads it, and it publishes with your name on it and a link to your profile.

See every dish waiting