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Sauce Légume
Sauce Légume is a traditional Beninese recipe for a classic stew of greens and smoked fish in a sesame seed paste base with tomatoes and garlic. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Beninese version of: Sauce Légume.
prep time
20 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
Serves:
4–6
Rating: 
Tags : Chilli RecipesVegetable RecipesBenin Recipes
Also known as mantindjan this is a classic green sauce from Benin.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp oil
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
1 small tomato, chopped
2 tbsp tomato puree
100ml
sesame seed paste (tahini)
1 tbsp
Piment (Scotch Bonnet
chillies pounded to a paste)
350g greens (traditionally cassava greens, sweet potato leaves etc. Substitute collard greens if not available) shredded
1 smoked, dried fish, flaked
1 Maggi (or bouillon) cube
Method:
Add the oil to a pan and use to gently fry the onions, garlic, piment and tomato for a few minutes. Add the tomato puree and sesame seed paste and stir-in before adding the Maggi cube, 500ml of water and the dried fish.
Allow to simmer for 15 minutes then add the greens and cook for a further 5 minutes. Serve with rice or Ingame.
