Archivo: Cassava Bread - cassava cooked in leaf wrap (Kwanga, Chikwangue)

Description: A stack of fully-cooked, leaf-wrapped packets as sold on the street, also with the leaves unwrapped to show the ready-to-eat cassava 'bread.' If kept in the cooked leaf wrap, it is quite hygienic and will usually stay fresh for several days. Can be eaten as-is, but usually pinched off and dipped in any popular sauce. In the Congo (DRC) and central African region, often called kwanga or chikwangue, but also known by many names in the various languages across the region. Not actually a bread but a thick paste of soaked, rinsed and pounded cassava that is steamed-cooked inside leaves. Leaves also add a bit of tangy flavor during the cooking process. Six large leaves were used to tightly fold around and seal the roll of cassava before tied and cooked. Leaves shown from the plant Sarcophrynium arnoldium (Megaphrynium macrostachyum), alternately banana leaves can be used if these are not available.
Title: Cassava Bread - cassava cooked in leaf wrap (Kwanga, Chikwangue)
Credit: Own work
Author: T.K. Naliaka
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