Name: Nkatenkwan (Ghanaian Groundnut Stew)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 2 cobs sweetcorn, each chopped in 4 pieces; 8 pods okra, chopped; 200 g pumpkin, peeled and chopped; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 scotch bonnet pepper; ½ bunch fresh coriander to serve salt and black pepper; 2 medium onions, chopped; 1 tablespoon vegetable or palm oil; 250 g groundnut paste; 1 × 400 g tin chopped tomatoes; 6 shallots, chopped; 500 g mutton or chicken thighs; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 tablespoon ground crayfish (or 3 anchovy fillets); 250 g white fish, such as pollock or tilapia; 1 tablespoon smoked paprika

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Recipes from Brixton Village

By Miss South

Published 2014

About

This is a classic dish in Ghana. Meat, fish and vegetables are cooked in a groundnut paste which thickens as it cooks and keeps the meat and fish very moist and almost buttery. The groundnut paste makes this very filling and means you can use no meat at all if you prefer. You can make it thick like a stew and serve over rice, or add more water to make it a soup which is a great way to use up any leftovers.

Groundnut paste is smoother than peanut butter and has palm oil in it for a t