Moambe

Moambé with chicken and rice

Moambé is a spicy sauce made from peanuts and palm oil that is used in stews in Central African cuisine.

Word origin

The word moambé is sometimes derived from the word mwambe , which means eight in Lingala . However, it is more likely that moambé is derived from mwamba palm butter .

Moambé as a national dish

In four countries, chicken with moambé is considered the national dish , namely in the Republic of the Congo as Mwambe or Moambé , in Gabon as Poulet au Nyembwe or Poulet au Gnemboue , in western parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Mwambi or Mwambe and in Angola as Muamba .

Web links

Commons : Moambe - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website about Moambe

Individual evidence

^ Fran Osseo-Asare: Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greenwood Press, Westport CT / London 2005, p. 147.
↑ Alan Davidson , Tom Jaine (Eds.): The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, p. 368, entry groundnuts , p. 869, entry West and Central Africa .
↑ http://www.hoio.ch/index-id=1547.html
↑ http://www.hoio.ch/index-id=1212.html

[1] Fran Osseo-Asare: Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greenwood Press, Westport CT / London 2005, p. 147.

[2] Alan Davidson , Tom Jaine (Eds.): The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, p. 368, entry groundnuts , p. 869, entry West and Central Africa .

[3] ttp://www.hoio.ch/index-id=1547.html

[4] ttp://www.hoio.ch/index-id=1212.html