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Mwamba

nounReviewedpage 295

Portuguese spellingMuâmba

Definitions

1
Stew with palm-oil sauce.
PT Guisado de molho de dendém.·FR Ragoût à la sauce d'huile de palme.

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Food & cooking

Kanjika — Stew of beans and maize seasoned with lard or palm oil.
Ndamba — Oily substance made from palm oil or groundnut oil burnt wit
Kukanguka — To become fried, roasted, dry.
Fúnji — Dough made from cassava flour, rice, potato, or maize, disso
Potóla — Fish stew made with muamba or oil and slightly unripe banana
Múkanga — Cornmeal wrapped in palm or coconut leaves and cooked in a b
Kibiku — Beans stewed with oil and cassava flour.
Seyalu — Supper.
Mukeka — Stew of meat or fish with cassava.
Jimbômbo — Portion of softened cassava for making fuba or flour.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 295 (right)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected

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