Matapa

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Wash the leaves, strip the tough stems and pound them to a paste in a mortar.

2. 2

   Fry the onion and garlic in oil until soft and add the tomatoes.

3. 3

   Stir in the leaves, add water to the same level and cook forty minutes on a low heat.

4. 4

   Add the ground peanuts and cook twenty minutes more, stirring.

5. 5

   Add the prawns, the whole piri-piri and salt and stew ten minutes.

6. 6

   Pour in the coconut milk and warm it five minutes without letting it boil.

7. 7

   Serve with rice or with xima, the maize porridge.