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Maafe

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Maafe, also known as peanut stew or groundnut stew, is a staple food stew of Western Africa originating from Senegal. It is often confused with tigadeguena, a similarly named peanut stew of the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali served with Malian fufu, but the two have distinct origins: maafe is a dish from the colonial era, while the concept of peanuts itself was historically unknown in Mali outside the native Bambara groundnut.

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Origin Region
Senegal 1
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In Cuisine

Source Peanut stew (Wikipedia)
Source Peanut stew (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Beef, Ingredients
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Cabbage, Ingredients
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Chicken, Ingredients
Source Peanut stew (Wikipedia)
Garlic, Ingredients
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Onion, Ingredients
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Peanut, Ingredients
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Tomato, Ingredients
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In the Other Atlases
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1. Peanut stew (Wikipedia)
  • Origin discussion, tigadeguena comparison
    While maafe is a dish originating from Senegal, in Mali tigadéguéna (Bambara tigadɛgɛna) is also a stew that originated from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali.
  • Uses Ingredient: Beef, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Chicken, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Tomato, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Garlic, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cabbage, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Peanut, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • In Cuisine: Ghanaian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • In Cuisine: Senegalese Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
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