How to Cook Congolese Fumbwa - full instructions

[@Hidden-Secrets]

Serge Ibaka got me here

[@Precioushusband]

Nihil Verum Omnia Licita ditto

[@tigerhood6830]

Same I want to try this

[@Jan-kx8ln]

hahahahahaha me too! we're 2 mate ;-)

[@heartless2493]

😭🤣🤣🤣me too

[@robbyp2673]

Me too😂😂😂

[@lorenrich2525]

I swear these African girls are so pretty, it's the almond eyes and gorgeous smiles.....it's cool to see people who look like me from a completely different culture and part of the world

[@joncena168]

Loren Kirk she has Asian eyes like me

[@naomimulamba2034]

I would probably put the peanut butter last once all the ingredients are cooked you add peanut butter to cook with everything for 15 min then you can avoid it being stuck down the pot.

[@Liberty23232]

Tips for the peanut butter: put it at the end because it burns very easily. Wait 1h30 that your fumbwa is done And then add the peanut butter the last 20 min, you Will obtain the same result. Peanut butter does not take long to be cooked, you dont need to put it at the beginning. Also for the fish, if you dont want to Boil it, you can leave it in water overnight or even 2 days with salt And you are good to go! Vidéo Kitoko. I like!

[@nilajakamau7854]

yep, what she said😍😂

[@Ubulelalituka]

Thanks I got that

[@thina5918]

Thank you, Elle! Since I found your channel, I have been following most of your recipes. I have been dating a Congolese man for 3 years now and he always talks about how much he misses home-cooked meals from Congo. So I decided to make this meal and he loved it!! You make it so easy to follow. (from South Africa)

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thina Nelo That's amazing! ❤ I'm so happy for you 😊 I'm glad that you find my recipes easy to follow, thank you for letting me know ❤

[@LilianesFlavour]

Trying putting you peanut better later instead of the beginning. Put the peanut 1 hr after, last thing to on the dish. I just recently done a tutorial of fumbwa too, check it for some tips. A job well done 👍🏿

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thank you for your advice, I will definitely start doing that. 😊

[@leonardpearlman4017]

I was thinking that... the peanut butter is already cooked, and other foods use it to thicken stuff. I learned from Chinese people to loosen up the peanut butter (or sesame paste) with some hot water first. If you beat it a little it becomes like mayonnaise. Then it mixes in things easily. Anyway, this looks really tasty and not too complicated. Nice video!

[@getyamindright210]

As an African American I need to get back to my roots. This food looks amazing!

[@josweetlove1537]

From Trinidad & Tobag in the Caribbean. This dish looks like our Callaloo. Instead of using peanut butter to thicken we use okra. Taro leaves and stems are the greens. Seasonings are onions, garlic, hot pepper, maggi seasoning and coconut milk. We also use crab meat or salted pigtails in it. It is delicious and very much looks like this dish. Cooked same way. From Africa to the Caribbean our recipes survived.

[@DavinaPearlDOTMH]

TIP: melt the peanut butter in another pot before adding it to the mix, that how I do it :) never had an issue with stickyness :) it looks yummy tough my recipe is a little different :)... I have cravings now lol

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Davina-Pearl DaughterOfTheMostHigh thanks for the tip 😊 I will need to give it a try👌

[@EVFrancis]

God bless you my sister. I am very happy to see a Congolese young women who knows how to cook Congolese Dish. It's bare rare to have people like you specially in Europe nowadays but I thank God for your life. The funny part is when you said " Add Mwamba😀😁😂🤣 I love it" God bless you Bonne Apeti

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Evangelist Francis 😂 Thank you so much, I appreciate it 🙏🏿❤

[@supremenarutobape7321]

What is Mwamba ?

[@Roniskins]

Mwamba is peanut butter my dear

[@benedictetonoki4487]

@@supremenarutobape7321 Mwamba is peanut butter

[@CookwithNat]

I love congolese food. Some of the dishes are a little bit similar to our dishes in caneroon. Kwanga is just like bobolo which is how we call it in cameroon and we also eat it with vegetable sauce dishes , roast meat, fish etc. Its also made out of cassava. New subscriber here and cannot wait to try out the recipes. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@azuleen0990]

This make me so happy. My mother is from Kinshasa, and my childhood was filled of eating makemba, fumbwa, having fufu, and pili pili! I'm so glad I stumbled on your page because I'd love to start cooking these recipes!

[@cassiescoatedinmelanin2709]

Amazing! Thanks for this I am craving fumbwa and my daughter loves Congolese food! You know Congolese mums don’t explain it the same way you have haha. Thanks! I’ve subscribed

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Cassie's Coated In Melanin 😄 thank you 😊

[@tanyakeys4857]

Sis, I am from Sierra Leone and I can honestly say we actually eat the same food. Omg

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Hey, nice to meet you, that's amazing, I didn't even know we eat the same thing

[@tanyakeys4857]

Yeah girl we do. Keep up the great work. Very inspiring

[@kariluckis8030]

You know fumbwa in your country? How do you call it there?

[@tanyakeys4857]

@@kariluckis8030 It called Potato leafe.

[@princew.k9310]

When she said "This smells very verryyy veeeerrrryyy good" I just had to gall in love with this motherly food ❤

[@coco_truffles7894]

Hi your videos have been really helpful. I'm going to be marrying a Congolese very soon and I'm really trying my best to learn how to make his food, thank you. How high do you put the fire when you're cooking it for 30 minutes before turning it down to low?

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Hey, that's nice to hear, congratulations 😊. In the first 30 minutes I have the heat on meduim before turning it on low. All the best with your wedding 💜

[@coco_truffles7894]

thank you!!

[@lisamarie1153]

Same here 😂🥰 I’m struggling trying to learn

[@BuzobaKin]

Hi jst checking if u married him yet??

[@ceecee6474]

Same as me

[@ceecee6474]

I made this and it came out amazing and I am Jamaican and my partners Congolese he loves it. This is my food . Thank you so much teaching us Congo food

[@ceecee6474]

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[@missezzacarvalho1392]

This looks so good! in Angola we also eat fumbwa, muamba and macayabo!!!! This just shows how similar we are. Take care lovely xx

[@danin086]

All these food are congolese it clearly the same recipe and have the same name 🤔 and bakongo none of these are actually Angolan and kizaca ( pondu ) is the same it just y’all gave different name same kuanga and ntaba ( picho) all these are Congolese that showed their recipe because all these food u masks lot Angolan was making fun of it and mas music mocking it now u claim it because Congolese eat lot pondu while normal Angolan don’t it because not all Angolan know it only the one luanda/bakongo

[@lilycasimiro3216]

Synd E 。I am pretty sure you know that Congolese people and Angolan people are kinda the same, we have some of the same food even the some songs we also share. Every Angolan person knows about fumbua because we also eat it, you clamming an African dish is like you saying that fufu it's only Nigeria and the rest of Africa copied. We have the same food clearly because the bakongo people are not just in Congo but in Angola as well. They're in Luanda, Cabinda, Zaire, Uige. So it's not just Congolese food but Angolan as well.

[@lilycasimiro3216]

Synd E you can't even say that are the same recepies because they are not. Each province makes it directly

[@kirikoe123]

@@lilycasimiro3216 yes we used to be one country with Angola

[@galacticclyde960]

Thanks for your information. Here is an idea to keep the peanut butter from sticking against the pot. Use hot water and liquidise the peanut butter then pure it into the pot. Keep sharing. Blessing.

[@Mwenjo7]

Thank you so much for this video! I have been looking for this recipe for like 8 years!!! I followed the suggestions of one of the commentators to dilute the peanut butter in a separate bowl and I was checking on it every 30 minutes, but it still stuck a little, but it must be the pot I think. Thanks again!!

[@luisandombasi3298]

Hi Elle here a tip on how to make it not stuck on the pot ground: First of all Muamba is the reason why it gets stucked on the ground. So try to make the fumbua n all the ingredients cook on its own till the fumbua leaves soften. Then add muamba (peanutbuter) n make sure u are stirring a lot (medium to low heat helps too).

[@bambinosmuk7846]

Thank you darling, marvellous clear instructions with PRECISE QUANTITIES OF INGREDIENTS- love it. Ko calculer quantiter na misu ezalaka kamwa hit and miss so THANK YOU x

[@luciarogers3424]

I just find out my people are Congolese,Thank you for sharing.

[@mounze90]

wow i think your channel Will be My favorite ever. i'm half congolese but i Don't know much about the food . So this Will be soo helpful.

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Fatou Mounzeo thanks for your comment, I'm glad you like my channel💕 that's cool! your half Congolese, what's the other country that you're from?

[@gloriane9129]

I’m half Congolese and half Angolan.

[@gloriane9129]

P.s. hi

[@adityanawani8134]

letsCOOKwithELLE Seeing his first name I guess he is a polynesian.

[@antoniacapellaborges6566]

It’s Ria you tooo?! 😆 me tooooo eeehh c’est la famille 🙌🏾

[@MillsM]

Saving all the congolese bachelors over here... miss my mum's cooking! Thanks

[@norirak4829]

I had this dish while Gabon visiting but the Ibaka video brought me here. Food always looks better when a gorgeous girl like yourself is cooking it!!! :)

[@volgg]

Thank you for making this video! looks amazing! and shout out to Serge Ibaka for introducing me to this delicious congolese food. I tried it a month ago for the very first time and wow! I loved it! I can see why Fumbwa is his favorite food.

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thank you for watching 🙌🏾

[@Melanin_Move]

We eat salt fish alot and similar to how you make it.....love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 The dough on the side looks like what we call dumpling. Interesting 😁😊

[@jonclare4819]

Jaw dropped! Beautiful and can cook! I love seeing a strong woman u go girl! Best wishes and great vid!

[@devinediva1186]

Hey.. I'm Mozambican but & i love congolese food & music.. Thank God i found ur channel.. New sub.. I would like to know how does the leaf look like before it's finely chopped.. I want to search for it.. Thank u in advance.. Love ur channel & recipes

[@ananocoles9643]

It's like whole spinach leaves. But only in Africa in the market they can come in whole or chopped very thin cause it has to be chopped very thin

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Cassava leaves, right? They are big and tough. Most people here don't think they CAN be eaten! Locally people just eat the big delicious starchy and slightly poisonous roots. I think this is in the class with Kale, something that is edible but just barely. I grind them up in a big blender (as we have learned on KZbin) and then cook in a pressure cooker. I'm getting ready to try feeding the leaves through a juicer, the low speed kind with a sort of screw.... it's also a grinder/extruder... I'm wondering if it can just make the leaves into a kind of wet green paste, which might be closer to the way they would come out pounded in a mortar. Or it might make smoke come out of the juicer!

[@sheenasatikge-sibisi7678]

Thank you, from South Africa, your recipe is on point! 🥰

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@yalibinramazani9893]

Hi I am a congolaise and I love the food of my country 😋😋

[@Damyka4]

Ouhhh mpossa ya kolia fumbwa! Yuum, you did good! It's only 8 am and you got me pulling my pots out LOL

[@olgazhuk8269]

Hello Elle, Your explanation make me believe it’s not as difficult as I’ve been told:)))) Thank you!

[@IphysKitchen]

This looks nice, the vegetable looks ukazi leaves that Nigerian use for preparing soup

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thank you xx

[@anonymousunknown3462]

its the same except we call it fumbwa

[@naturalnutricionforsicklec6293]

Thanks sister I'm from Angola Congoleses i introduced this delicious food to us , I find some dry fumbua can i use that

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

natural nutricion for sickle cell people - Sure you can use dry fumbwa, it's even better, much fresh 👌🏿

[@adwaamponsah7299]

Thank you for sharing am married with congolise man and I can now cook his food too thank you

[@tashafullblessed8665]

I learnt how to cook Congolese food from you, thank you so much. May God bless you 🙏🏽😘

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

That's great to know 😊 you're welcome 😘

[@amberduval2737]

Thank you for doing these recipes in English. I have been self teaching myself to cook Congolese food as my husband of 1 year is Congolese and I haven't found too many channels with such good English. Can you tell me how you washed the fumbwa before you cooked it? The fumbwa at the market is dry and yours looked wet.

[@DavinaPearlDOTMH]

I saw the word cook in your name and had to sub. Then find out your congolese. God bless youtube (and fumbwa and kwanga na soso, I DONT put palm oil in my fumbwa and pondu tho) YAAASSSSSS

[@Xania09]

To make the peanut butter less sticky, put the peanut butter when the dish is almost done cooking. :) Good job

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thanks so much! I never thought of that, I will definitely give it a try 😊

[@liberee5528]

I liked when you Said muamba...oops peanut butter😊

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

noelle mina lol 😊

[@The40Glock1]

I seen you comment on Serge Ibaka video and I seen a different comment asking what fumbwa was and someone mentioned your video lol

[@germel539]

"ADVISE" do the same and just add the fumbwa leafs at the end (after you turn the fire off), put everything together, close the lid and let rest to room temp(about 3-7 min). the leafs stay green on the nice khaki-orange peanut sauce.

[@rolandadwyer399]

I am looking forward to making this dish! I have viewed a few recipes and I like yours. Now I just have to source out that smoked fish cuz I was going to try it with saltfish/codfish but I think you served your Fumbwa with saltfish so thats a no! Thank you for this post!

[@cocosimon8263]

Thank you so my pondu was amazin...not Congolese my partner is ...he loved it...it was my 1st time ...👌👌👌

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

coco simon you're welcome hun, that's great to hear 😊👌🏿 well done 💕

[@joellefoucart5001]

Hello I loooove your videos!! Is there a way you could show us how you make biteku teku? Thanks,Joëlle

[@philonyembo1253]

THANK YOU GIRL, I LOVE YOURS VIDEOS!!!!

[@joyfthlord]

I have learnt about Congolese dishes by watching your videos. Thank you. My question is what is FUMBWA in English (I am not from Congo)

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

You’re welcome ☺️ fumbwa is okazi in English

[@elizanjuguna2682]

It looks delicious two questions where can l buy the green leaves and what kind dry fish is that?

[@lulosman2228]

Thanx for this video...am trying to cook it for my Congolese partner for the first time 😛

[@umabakongoaroundtheworld4390]

best food ever.

[@HW.0029]

I was so excited for the video (yes Ibaka brought me here) then I saw the ingredients and I gave up. I don't have an African specialty shop in my country. How can I get the fumbwa? The leaf in the video and the dried fish.

[@renbak7515]

Nice 👍🏾 Keep doing! I really like it. Nasepeli kotala video 👏🏾

[@YoOMarthhh]

Love your channel sis! ❤️

[@jordanbabcock9349]

Whisk the peanut butter into the 900mL of water before adding it to the pot. No clumps left to stick to the pot! You could use a blender as well.(I don't like doing dishes haha)

[@kinamvuidimardoqueu47]

Thanks for this amazing video Elle😇, now I can cook fumbua like a pro 😎

[@tresflavoured749]

Haven't read the other comments but what if you pre mix/ whisk the palm oil and peanut butter together before hand. That seems like it would prevent the PB from getting stuck, as the palm oil is liquidy :)

[@nohemie15]

Thank you for making it easy and clear

[@Mdlkitchen]

This is looks soo good will def try out this method , when i replied to your comment on my video i just realised me n my mum was watching your videos last night. Amazing cooking keep it up x

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Ephrasie Aanya Lifestyle Thanks hun 💓

[@Jaecece]

I’m always reminded of my big sister when I just hear or see fumbwa . we used to wait till everyone went to bed to cook it so we eat it alone lmao .😂

[@Mamoumoute]

My favorite dish ever...actually we call it koko..i am from the Central african republic..so we make it almost the same way but a little bit different..Our koko (fumbua) is much thinner..which i like and we have many ways of making it..we have the YABANDA..that s when you make the koko very simple we call it in french "sauté" with dry fish and a lots of madame jeannette pepers..and you have to eat it very hot with fufu (Gôzô)...of chikwanga (cassava cooked in banana leaves) and also you can cook it with pens..and peanut butter, palm oil and so on..also nice ..of koko na yama (fumbua with bush meat), koko na makayabo (fumbua with that really salty fish), koko na sossongo ( fumbua with...I don t know the name of that thing in english) we have it only in my country...but to make a long story short..i choose that dish above any gyal...you can wake me up any time any our for that dish!!!

[@despertar777]

Love your videos, I´m from ANGOLA and we also eat M´fumbua a lot...But look the name is actually M´FUMBUA and not FUMBUA....

[@lejessway]

BLESS you're soul😭😭♥️♥️♥️

[@karamwendo5941]

Always my favourite Fumbwa recipe !

[@sylvielou4255]

Love it 😍😍😍 thank you for teaching me

[@mannamulanga7431]

Hi @letsCookwithELLE curious question. I wonder if you have tried cooking this with actual chicken stock? I have never tested fumbwa and have recently decided to learn and cook food from different parts of Congo.

[@SkyTheChipmunk]

What is fumbwa in English pls? I’m Asian but my husband is from Congo, Would love to cook this for him 🙌

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

It’s okazi leaves in English

[@coolg7982]

From Atlanta Ga just might try this recipe myself.

[@Ubulelalituka]

Wow thank u u really helped me Hy but I pouted the peanuts butter last

[@bnkundwa]

Rice, Cassava leaves and chicken in palm oil is a must.

[@nellymoja8166]

Hey girl. You have to put the peanut butter 30 to 45 min after ur mix. 🙏 Or u can boil the fumbwa by itself first. remove water then add all the ingredients like u did in the video. This way u should leave it for more than an hour.

[@numbieadoram960]

Wow me too I can wait to eat this delicious .

[@arvinsamson4663]

It looks so delicious i like it btw im filipino and i like that food

[@KoreanKoalaRider]

Looks great~ love from korea. Too hard for me try tho

[@jimmyk5841]

Hi, I really enjoyed your video but I'd like to know the name of fumbwa in English because I'd like to buying in the shop. Thanks to let me know.

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Hey, thank you ☺️ fumbwa is Okazi in English

[@chiccabee8840]

Where in the UK can I find the leaves for the fumbwa my sweetheart?? 🤔 🤔 Does it go by another name Is it available at most African shops

[@SunRiseNightFall]

I haven’t ate Fumbwa in about 10 years I miss it.

[@michellescott4259]

You are heaven sent, my husband is Congolese living here in Texas and it feels great being able to give him a taste of back home. It probably will never taste like momma’s, but thanks to you it will come close. I loveeee your videos, keep them coming.

[@zolabansimba6588]

Thanks for the recipe

[@reflectionwithin7269]

loved the tutorial!

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Ana N Thank you X

[@thenest1009]

hey one quick tip .. its more better to make your own peanut butter from scratch rather than the commercial one .. To get the real taste of a local FUMBWA

[@lpnffchick]

Have you used dried Fumbwa? And if so what prep do you do? I have had mine cooking for 4 h and it’s not softened yet

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

I used frozen fumbwa, when using fresh/dry fumbwa try to boil it first for about an hour before adding everything else

[@ChristBella]

good job.the first here

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thank you :-)

[@Whatsyournarrative]

What's fumbwa? I'm from West African and might know it by another name. Dish looks delicious!

[@nilajakamau7854]

ground nut stew with lots of greens(amaranth, callaloo, spinach a/o xanthosoma) with fish as protein, perhaps?

[@nkuli8836]

This meal is so delicious

[@NaturallyBlessable]

Ma Cherie which Congolese shop did you buy mbisi from, I'm on a hunt for it. ASAP

[@bustit088]

hey elle, i have 2 questions. first one can i make fumbwa without the dried fish? second question do i have to make the fumbwa a day or two in advance? My dad was telling me it take some time to make so it's best to make ahead. I'm wondering

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Hey Jasmine, You don't have to add the dried fish, you can use a different type of fish if you like. You can cook fumbwa in one day, it only takes a couple of hours.

[@bustit088]

@@letsCOOKwithELLE Thanks.... i haven't had this since i was a kid. my sister never had it so i wanted to make it on our independence day.. Oh yea your videos help me learn to make my childhood fave.... #MIKATE thanks again

[@SunRiseNightFall]

I haven’t ate Fumbwa in about 10 years I miss it

[@godschildheaven8663]

Thanks you so much. This video is helpful. I'm gonna cook fumbwa for my first time for my husband who is a Congolese....thanks again. Keep sharing with us

[@fistonmusuya6758]

Good job thank you very much

[@TheVeroly]

Tia pili-pili na mupanzi Hahah

[@danfranck8973]

That cracked me up so bad hahahahahah

[@noraboukoro2872]

Do you absolutely need to have dry fish ? Can’t find any in my city 🙁

[@dondi-d]

😊☺️🙌🏽Merci pour cette vidéo

[@melisandreafhoebe1946]

Yes, serge ibaka got me here too

[@RoyalDoll0606]

I did it y’all. It came out great...but a little bitter and it don’t taste 100% like my aunt. Any idea why the bitter after taste? I didn’t even know how to rectify it

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Thank you for trying the recipe, I'm not sure why it's bitter, did you use Fumbwa/Okazi leaves?

[@gemimatumba6126]

Kiekie kie kie olambi bien makasi

[@TheAquamarinelovely1]

Its like a roux for gumbo. You have to just stay at the stove. Continue the stiring to prevent sticking. With a roux for gumbo the best is an hour or more.

[@coomaarinageele3699]

What's that fumba in the first place,is it kales/sukumawiki? I'd love to try it,im from Kenya.

[@letsCOOKwithELLE]

Coomaar ina Nadifo it's Okazi leaves

[@super_mum_of_4]

Was abt to ask the same question

[@fideliajill9848]

Never heard of okazi leaves in kenya