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Nyete greens with Peanut Butter

by Noela Mogga | Jun 29, 2016 | Recipes, Vegetarian

Nyete Greens with Peanut Butter. Nyete greens refer to the leaves from the black eyed peas plant (korofo lubia, in Juba Arabic). Nyete is eaten among the Bari speakers of South Sudan, cooked with peanut butter. Nyete is cooked with Kombo, a distilled salt that is not...

South Sudan Cuisine

South Sudan Cuisine is heavily influenced by East African and Arab cuisine. At the basic level meals are meat or fish stews with a vegetarian side dish eaten with Asida, a thick porridge made from sorghum or millet. Unique to South Sudan cuisine is the use of peanut butter to thicken sauces. South Sudanese cuisine is generally complex and labor and time consuming. Women spend the better part of the day cooking the day's meals. Sweet hot tea is consumed at any time of the day, for breakfast, after a meal in the afternoon, offered to guests and at every occasion.

Nyete greens with Peanut Butter

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