Saltless Kpem (Cassava Leaves)

shopping_basket Ingredients 6 items

• check_circle 2 packets of kpem (cassava leaves)
• check_circle good and red palm nuts
• check_circle 3 eggplants
• check_circle Grated hiomi (garlic-bark spice)
• check_circle sugar or ripe banana
• check_circle cassava or cocoyams

receipt_long Preparation Steps

1. 1
   Peel the cassava and cook it for 45 minutes.
2. 2
   Pound the "kpem" leaves after stripping them off.
3. 3
   Put them in a pot and add water, along with the eggplants.
4. 4
   Cook until the smell of the leaves disappears and the water evaporates from the pot, but without burning.
5. 5
   Meanwhile, cook the palm nuts for 30 minutes,
6. 6
   after cooking, pound them and extract the juice by mixing them with 2 cups of water,
7. 7
   strain and pour the juice into the kpem (the palm nut juice should be thick),
8. 8
   crush the eggplants with the spatula, stir and wait another 20 minutes after adding the hiomi and the sugar. Serve with the cassava.