RCI-SP.003.0171.001

Mbika

Name: Mbika
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Congolese
Ingredients: 2 unit – 3 tsp palm oil; 2 unit – 3 chili peppers (chopped); 1 unit – 2 onions (chopped); 2 unit – 4 cups cups mbika (egusi, pumpkin seeds, or pepitas (shells or hulls removed)); 1 unit Maggi® cube; 1 unit salt (pepper (to taste)); 2 unit – 3 banana leaves or aluminum foil

Dishes made from the seeds of gourds, , pumpkins, and squashes are termed as Mbika in the Central Af

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

– 3 tsp palm oil
2 unit
– 3 chili peppers
chopped
2 unit
– 2 onions
chopped
1 unit
– 4 cups cups mbika
egusi, pumpkin seeds, or pepitas (shells or hulls removed)
2 unit
Maggi® cube
1 unit
salt
pepper (to taste)
1 unit
– 3 banana leaves or aluminum foil
2 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Mbika

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