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| - A light supper dish, bringing back memories of an African childhood. Futali is a traditional Malawian food, but variations on the same theme of squash or pumpkin, and groundnuts, are found all over sub-Saharan Africa. Groundnuts are very nutritious, containing both proteins and vegetable fats (which help to dissolve vitamins and thus make them accessible to the human body). The orange flesh of squashes and sweet potato is a good source of vitamin A, so combining them with groundnuts ensures a good balance of both proteins and vitamins.
* Serves one "meatie" and one "veggie"
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| - A light supper dish, bringing back memories of an African childhood. Futali is a traditional Malawian food, but variations on the same theme of squash or pumpkin, and groundnuts, are found all over sub-Saharan Africa. Groundnuts are very nutritious, containing both proteins and vegetable fats (which help to dissolve vitamins and thus make them accessible to the human body). The orange flesh of squashes and sweet potato is a good source of vitamin A, so combining them with groundnuts ensures a good balance of both proteins and vitamins. Futali is traditionally eaten as a snack: there are enough carbohydrates in the Squash to make it sufficiently filling that you shouldn’t need anything other than a bowl of steamed dark green spinach on the table (though if you’re extraordinarily hungry, rice is best). Curly kale or other winter greens are a good substitute as their slightly bitter taste goes well with the sweetness of the squash. In Malawi, Chicken would be cooked separately as it is so scarce; and only the very wealthiest would cook with cheese; but I’ve included them here for richer Western diets. [Adding Parmesan rind during the simmering gives a lovely base flavour: freeze the rinds that are left over from each chunk of Parmesan , to use in this or other soupy/stewy dishes]. Similarly, red bell pepper and red chile are not strictly traditional, but the pepper-squash-chile combination tastes very good, and adds yet more vitamin A to the dish.
* Serves one "meatie" and one "veggie"
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