COPPERKanda ti nyma recipe
Beef meatballs bound with ground pumpkin seeds instead of breadcrumbs, simmered in a tomato and groundnut sauce thickened with okra.
Ingredients
- 200 g hulled pumpkin seeds
- 500 g ground beef
- 150 g okra
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 onions
- 2 clove garlic
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 chili pepper
- 3 tbsp palm oil
- 1 tsp salt
How to make Kanda ti nyma
- Grind 200 g of hulled pumpkin seeds to a fine powder in a mill or a mortar - this powder, not breadcrumbs, is what holds the meatballs together.
- Knead the powder with 500 g of ground beef, 1 grated onion, 2 crushed garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon of salt for 3 minutes.
- Chill the mixture 30 minutes, then shape 4 cm meatballs with wet hands.
- Heat 3 tablespoons of palm oil and soften 1 sliced onion for 5 minutes.
- Add 3 chopped tomatoes and 1 chopped hot chili, and let them cook down for 10 minutes.
- Whisk 2 tablespoons of peanut butter into 400 ml of hot water and pour it into the sauce.
- Slide in the meatballs, cover and simmer 25 minutes without stirring so they hold together.
- Add 150 g of sliced okra and cook 10 more minutes until the sauce thickens and coats a spoon.
- Serve with gozo or plain rice.
What is Kanda ti nyma?
Kanda ti nyma is a traditional dish from Central African Republic, simmered in one pot, and takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes from start to finish. It is built around ground beef, hulled pumpkin seeds and okra. The recipe below uses 10 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Kanda ti nyma take?
At 105 minutes it is quicker than 57% of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 30 dishes built on ground beef. The method runs to 9 steps, the longest being 30 minutes.
Any tips for making Kanda ti nyma?
Grind the pumpkin seeds to a fine powder, since it is what binds the meatballs, and simmer them without stirring so they hold together.
How Kanda ti nyma compares
Hulled pumpkin seeds appears in no other dish in the atlas.
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