Cozy West African Peanut Stew

This Cozy West African Peanut Stew is the best warm bowl of comfort food you can have. With a load of sweet potatoes and kale in a rich curry, this sweet and savory deliciousness is truly a one-pot wonder!

How good is this?

This is it. I’m done. I really cannot find the words to explain how good this is! 

I know I said that Peanut Butter Chickpea Curry was my favorite curry, but that was so 10 days ago. 

This is beyond any curry I’ve ever made! Today is the 5th day I’m having it for lunch: Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri.

Just to give you an idea, here’s a little story:

I made this for lunch on Sunday, and was pretty much wiping every last drop of gravy off that bowl. So of course I wanted to make the same thing for lunch the next day and meal prep it for the day after as well.

But at like 7PM that night I realized I only had about 1⅓ of a sweet potato (200g), while the recipe calls for a whole one (150g). I needed another ⅔ worth – at least – to make 2 servings.

So I actually woke up early the next morning (even though I slept at like 3 AM), just so I could go to the store and buy more SP for this recipe.

Came back with 9 sweet potatoes!

The stew

Its got a rich, thick and delicious curry/sauce that goes just too well with the kale & sweet potato combo in there.

There isn’t too strong a PB taste – its more like a hint of PB in a tomato-based curry.

A warm and cozy bowl of comfort full of authentic West African flavors.

Just divine!

P.S. Never knew about African Curry or even African food before this, but I’m now a fan.

A Powdered Peanut Butter Curry

P.P.S. I used PbFit powdered peanut butter to make this a healthy curry recipe, but you can also replace it with the equivalent amount of regular peanut butter.

The calories (and fat) will be higher though, since powdered peanut butter is made by pressing out the fats from the peanuts that would make regular peanut butter.

Cozy West African Peanut Stew

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Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Servings: 4 cups

Calories: 382kcal

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: African

This Cozy West African Peanut Stew is the best warm bowl of comfort food you can have. Sweet and savory deliciousness as a curry loaded with sweet potatoes and kale.

Ingredients

• ½ tsp Oil
• ⅓ medium Onion, Chopped, 35g
• 1¼ tsp Grated Ginger, 6g
• 1¼ tsp Minced Garlic, 6g
• 2 Tbsp Tomato Paste, 33g
• ¼ cup Water
• ½ tsp Cumin
• ½ tsp Coriander Seed/Powder
• ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 5 Tbsp Powdered Peanut Butter, or 2½ Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter
• ⅓ cup Water
• 1 cup Low Sodium Vegetable Broth
• 1 medium Sweet Potato, 150g
• 2 cups Kale, 66g, or collard greens
• 2 tsp Lemon Juice

Serving:

• Cooked Brown Rice
• Cilantro

Instructions

• Peel sweet potato and chop into ½” cubes; De-stem and chop kale.
• Pour oil over medium heated pot or saucepan and fry onion, ginger and garlic until translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add tomato paste, ⅓ cup water and spices, stir and cook about a minute until spices are fragrant.
• In a bowl, stir together powdered peanut butter and water.
• Add peanut butter blend, broth, sweet potato to pot and mix well.
• Cover, turn heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes until sweet potato is tender.
• Stir in kale and lemon juice, and simmer another 1-2 minutes.
• Garnish with cilantro and serve with a side of rice.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Budget Bytes.

• Make sure to remove the hard layer of the sweet potato just under the skin when peeling.
• Substitute Powdered Peanut Butter for about 2½ Tbsp Creamy Peanut Butter.
• Nutritional Value is calculated using product recommended below.

Product Recommendation:

• PbFit Original Powdered Peanut Butter

Nutrition:

• Servings: 3 cups | Serving size: 3 cups
• Calories: 382kcal
• Fat: 7.2g | Saturated fat: 0.8g
• Carbohydrates: 61.6g | Fiber: 12.9g | Sugar: 17.1g
• Protein: 24.7g