Northern Nigerian soup of powdered baobab leaf, dark and slightly tart, cooked with dried meat and served with tuwo. A cornerstone of Hausa cooking.
- Heat
- Medium
- Kind of dish
- Soups & stews
- Usually made with
- beef
What’s in it
- Powdered baobab leaves (kuka)
- Dried meat or beef
- Dried fish
- Locust beans (daddawa)
- Peppers
- Onions
- Oil
The usual main ingredients. Each kitchen cooks it its own way and says what its version contains.
Usually
- Gluten-free
- Halal-friendly
How a particular kitchen makes it is theirs to say. Every dish on mamaPut carries the cook’s own answer, and allergies are worth asking them about directly.