Chikwangue, also known in Cameroon as bobolo and in the Lingala language of the Congo River basin as kwanga, is a starchy fermented-cassava product that is a staple food across Central Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea. It is made by fermenting cassava in water for up to fourteen days, turning it into a paste, and wrapping it in marantaceae leaves for steaming. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Uses Ingredient: Cassava, Infobox main_ingredient field: cassava
Expresses Tradition: Fermentation, lead paragraph
Chikwangue, also known in Cameroon as bobolo and in the Congo River basin language of Lingala as kwanga, is a starchy, fermented-cassava product that is a staple food across Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo (RotC), Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
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