Talk:Cameroonian Cuisine/@comment-71.200.4.227-20110121193651/@comment-96.227.64.173-20110211000126

My girlfriend says that she got her recipes on the internet and they are as authentic as they can be when you have to use ingredients outside of Cameroon. I asked her how she makes it and the basic formula is tomatoes, onions, and garlic chopped very finely. This is added to the pot and cooked in cooking oil. Also she adds Ndjasan, which is a Cameroonian ingredient (it looks like little brownish-yellow balls) that adds flavor. This is crushed finely and added to the stew. To everything else, you add finely cut okra and another Nigerian/Cameroonian ingredient, not sure what its called, but it makes the stew thick and "slimy." It is a grey powder that says something like 'country soda." And the Ndjasan and country soda can be found at an African Food Market if you have one where you live. Finally, add chicken or beef boulion cubes for seasoning, and if you wish, cook whatever kind of meat you want separately. Sometimes she cooks diced chicken, cubed beef, or fried fish separately and then serve both together when they are finished. I suggest you serve it with fried fish you can find at an African Food Market. They sell frozen fillets of fish that are unique to West Africa - I don't know what variety the fish are that my girlfriend buys, but they taste different from the ones I have here in the US.