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Veggie Sauce Z'ara
Photo: Joseph Gonzalez

Veggie Sauce Z'ara

10 ingredients 18 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

441
Calories
12g
Protein
29g
Fat
42g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Peanut 1 oz (28g) 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Eggplant 1 cup cubed (82g) 35
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
  • 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 5 cloves of garlic, mashed
  • some oil to sautee the onions
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 big eggplant
  • 1of red, yellow,green sweet pepper
  • 1 bay leaf

Directions

1

In a cooking pan, heat the oil till ready,

2

then sautee the garlic for 30 seconds

3

then add the onions till is transluscent

4

then add the tomato paste

5

mix all together and keep stirring to prevent from burning

6

for about 1 minute

7

remove the pan from the fire

8

and then add peanut butter,stir till it's melted

9

add water about 2 and half cup

10

add salt,black pepper to taste and bay leaf also

11

cover the pan and let it simmer.

12

In separate pan saute the veggies with some oil till tender

13

and then set aside.Keep checking the sauce

14

and stir often to avoid burning

15

reduce the sauce till it's medium creamy

16

Add the veggies at the serving time, to avoid the overcooking of the veggies.

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Category:Central African Recipes

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Category:Central African Vegetarian

Recipe sourced from fandom

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