5th meeting. African/Mardi Gras dinner

Where? D's
Attendants: G, A, Ch, L, D

Menu:
1) West-African peanut stew (Cook: D)
2) Seitan Nyembwe with Fufu (cocoyam flour) (Cook: D)
3) King Cake

Seitan Nyembwe recipe (from http://www.ivu.org/recipes/african/jeff-p.html):

Ingredients

• 1 pound homemade seitan
  
• 1 cup of palmnut sauce (sauce Nyembwe)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 eggplant
  
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 habanero or other hot peppers
• salt

Directions:

1) Slice and fry the onions and galic in a little oil until transparent in a 3qt saucepan.

2) Add the seitan and eggplant and brown for a few minutes.

3) Add palmnut sauce and an equal amount of water, or enough to cover if using more seitan.

King Cake recipe:

Too long to write here. Please, go to http://kitteekake.blogspot.com/2008/02/king-cake.html and http://pakupaku.info/sweets/kingcake.shtml