12/24/2023 0 Comments Cassava leaf![]() WATCH: A drive through the crowded streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone (Sani Abacha Street and Kissy Road). It’s good chop, and definitely what you should be eating while in Sierra Leone. And the leaf known simply as “green” is cut the biggest you can still decipher and taste the leaf itself.Ĭonfused? If you spend just a few days in this country-or elsewhere in West Africa, including Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, and Liberia, where they’re also common-you’ll likely become intimate with all of the plasas. ![]() Crain crain leaves (aka krain krain/jute leaves/draw soup) are stemmed, cut finely, boiled, and cooked generally to death, so its texture is (intentionally) slimy. For (sweet) potato leaf plasa, the leaves are sliced up and thrown in after the meat, so it’s cooked less and retains more of a chewy al dente-ness. Types of plasas in Sierra LeoneĬassava leaf plasa (pictured) has pounded and shredded cassava leaves, typically added to the pot before the meat or fish. But we are lumping them together here for convenience’s sake only: Each is actually prepared in a different manner, and has a distinct taste. To the uninitiated, the many types of plasas will seem interchangeable. ![]() The leaves are boiled and cooked with oil (usually red palm oil, but sometimes coconut or groundnut oil), hot chilies (aka “peppers”), onion, meat and/or fish, and ever-present stock cubes (such as Maggi), served over rice. Sierra Leone’s plasas, or palaver sauces, are stews made with various green leaves, and they're essential to the country's cuisine. Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen OceaniaĪustralia French Polynesia New Zealand South AmericaĪrgentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay Venezuela John USVI Trinidad and Tobago EuropeĪlbania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine Mexico Wisconsin AfricaĪlgeria Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Réunion Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania The Gambia Tunisia Uganda Zambia Asiaīhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Canadaīritish Columbia Newfoundland & Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Central America & CaribbeanĪntigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico St. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Washington D.C.
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