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Akume

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Togolese
Servings 0

Ingredients
  

  • Cassava dough (fermented one)
  • Water
  • Maize dough (ground one)
  • Salt
  • Onions
  • Ademe (a native vegetable green, substitute collard greens)
  • Stock cubes
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Salted fish  
  • Crab (optional)
  • Palm oil
  • Goat/cow tribe
  • Smoked fish

Instructions
 

  • Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and place on a stove.
  • Gradually stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture becomes firm and slightly grey.

For the Ademe sauce:

  • Parboil the meat with onion, add stock cube and salt.
  • Add a little water in a pot or saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • Add fish and onion, and allow it to boil for about 4 minutes. 
  • Add smoked fish, crab and the greens.
  • Season with salt to taste, add pepper and palm oil.
  • Cook for about 20minutes.
  • Serve with the Akume
Keyword Akume, Togo
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