MAMA FUTA is a red palm oil, the one the label calls "huile rouge ya Congo". A single ingredient: 100% palm oil. It is what gives pondu, moambe or sauce graine their colour and taste. 75 cl bottle.
What is red palm oil?
It is pressed from the pulp of the oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis). Its orange-red colour and pronounced aroma set it apart from refined palm oil, bleached and odourless, used by industry. Not to be confused either with palm kernel oil, drawn from the kernel of the same fruit. In African cooking, it is often simply called red oil.
Why does it solidify in the bottle?
In a cool kitchen, palm oil turns cloudy, then partly solidifies: this is normal. It naturally contains fats that harden at room temperature. Dip the bottle for a few minutes in hot water and it becomes liquid again, without losing any of its taste.
How to use it?
- In pondu and saka saka from the two Congos, cassava leaves simmer in red oil with onion, garlic and smoked fish.
- In moambe and sauce graine, when there is no palm nut pulp, red oil brings the colour and the taste.
- Cameroonian ndolé, madesu (Congolese-style beans) and Ghanaian red red also owe their character to it.
A few tablespoons are enough for a dish: its taste is pronounced.
What to pair it with?
For a pondu: NUMBER ONE dried cassava leaves, NUMBER ONE smoked catfish fillet and DAKATINE peanut paste. To save time, TROFAI sauce graine is ready-made. The recipes are on the blog: Congolese moambe and pondu. See also the palm oil and sauce graine range.
Product information
- Brand: MAMA FUTA
- Contents: 75 cl bottle
- Ingredient: palm oil 100%
- Allergens: none of the 14 regulatory allergens, by nature
- Storage: at room temperature, away from light
- Average nutritional values per 100 g: energy 3,700 kJ (900 kcal), fat 100 g of which saturates 49.5 g, carbohydrate 0 g, protein 0 g
