Medium
Burkinabé
Babenda
One-pot dish of bitter greens, rice, and fermented locust beans, a Burkinabé favorite.
55
Total Minutes
4
Servings
Gluten-Free
Cooking Times
15 min
Prep Time
40 min
Cook Time
55 min
Total Time
Ingredients (7 items)
4.00 cups
Spinach
chopped
1.00 cup
Rice
2.00 tbsp
Soumbala
fermented locust beans
0.50 cup
Dried fish
crumbled
1.00 medium
Onion
chopped
2.00 tbsp
Peanut oil
1.00 tsp
Salt
Instructions (5 steps)
1
Heat oil, sauté onion until soft.
5 minutes
2
Add soumbala and dried fish, cook for 3 minutes.
3 minutes
3
Add spinach and 2 cups water, simmer 10 minutes.
10 minutes
4
Add rice and salt, cook until rice is tender, 20 minutes.
20 minutes
5
Serve hot as a main dish.