~296 cal · 7g protein · 64g carbs · 1g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Golden fried dough balls beside stewed beans
🇨🇲 Littoral (Douala)
Puff-puff — soft, sweet, deep-fried yeast dough balls — are the breakfast and street snack of much of West and Central Africa. In Cameroon they are famously paired with a pot of well-spiced stewed beans, the sweet and savory eaten together for a hearty morning that fuels the whole day.
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Ingredients
Serves 6 —
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3 cups flour
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1/3 cup sugar
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2 tsp yeast
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as needed warm water
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2 cups dried beans, cooked with palm oil, onion, and pepper
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as needed oil for frying
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to taste salt
Instructions
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Mix the flour, sugar, yeast, salt, and warm water into a thick, sticky batter and let it rise.
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Simmer the beans with palm oil, onion, and pepper into a thick stew.
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Scoop rounds of the risen batter into hot oil and fry until golden and puffed.
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Drain the puff-puff on paper.
5
Serve the puff-puff warm alongside the stewed beans.
Douala / Littoral tradition.
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Littoral (Douala). Port-city kitchens where ndolé is the taste of home.
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Cameroon. "Africa in miniature" — and its kitchens agree.
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Africa. Fifty-four countries of tagines, stews, and fire-kissed grills.
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