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 Moringa Leaf Sauce
This recipe comes courtesy of Lowell Fuglie, the director of operations for the Church World Service's hunger relief organization in Senegal, Africa. Mr. Fuglie is a world authority on the cultivation and use of Moringa. This recipe is based on a traditional Senegalese Moringa leaf sauce called Mboum.
- 5 Tablespoons of Moringa leaf powder
- 1 pound of smoked or dried fish, meat or chicken
- ¼ cup of peanut butter
- 5 Tablespoons of oil, (vegetable, olive, canola or palm oil)
- 1 Medium onion - chopped
- 1 quart of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Red pepper or pepper flakes to taste
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Fresh Moringa Leaf, Beans and Meat
This recipe comes courtesy of Jennifer Concepcion of the Philippines. Use this as a tasty side dish with any compatible entrée. With seafood entrees, use shrimp, with meat entrees use pork, beef or chicken for the meat portion of this recipe.
Ingredients:
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- 1 cup of beans, mongo beans are used in the Philippines but you may substitute, baby limas, red beans or pintos.
- 2-3 cups of water
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1 small onion
- 1 medium tomato
- ½ cup of shrimp, pork, chicken or beef
- 1 cup fresh Moringa leaves
- 1 Tbsp of fish sauce, or to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste.
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Boil the beans until tender. While the beans are boiling, sauté the onions, garlic and tomato. When beans are tender add the tomato, onion, garlic to the beans. Strip the Moringa leaves from the stems, remove any excess stems from the leaves. Add fish sauce. Add fresh Moringa leaves. Salt and pepper to taste. This is the preferred side dish for Adobo Chicken
Rod's Soufflé
This is an excellent side dish for most any entrée. It's quick and easy
16 oz of frozen Moringa, (malunggay, in the Philippine markets) You can buy the frozen Moringa in 8 oz packages so you will need two packages.
1 cup of Sour Cream
1 Package of Lipton's Dried Onion Soup Mix (or portion thereof, to taste)
Thaw the moringa and squeeze out excess water. Remove any excess stems. Mix with sour cream and the soup mix. Add more sour cream if you like a creamier consistency. Lightly oil a baking dish and use spatula to put mixture in the dish. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Serves four. You'll sleep like a baby.
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