🇸🇸 South Sudanese Cuisine

Wala Wala

Peanut Butter Stew

Prep Time 1 hour

Servings 6

Difficulty Medium

Calories 444 kcal

A creamy, rich stew where ground peanuts form a velvety sauce around tender chunks of beef and wilted greens, offering deep nutty warmth in every spoonful.

Ingredients

500g beef, cubed
1 cup peanut butter or ground roasted peanuts
2 onions, chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 cups greens (spinach or amaranth)
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp ground coriander
Salt to taste
3 cups water

Instructions

1 Brown beef in oil in a large pot. Remove.
2 Sauté onions until golden, add tomatoes and cook down.
3 Dissolve peanut butter in 1 cup warm water, add to pot.
4 Return beef, add remaining water, and simmer 40 minutes.
5 Add greens and coriander, cook 10 more minutes.
6 Serve over asida or with kisra.

Did You Know?

In Azande tradition, the thickness of the peanut sauce is a matter of family pride — thin sauce suggests stinginess with peanuts.