Sauce aux feuilles de baobab
The slimy sauce of baobab leaves
Aussi écrit : bôkô, bokko, ɓokko (fulfulde)
What is it?
A sauce made with the leaves of the baobab (Adansonia digitata), dried and ground to a powder. The powder is stirred into a meat or fish broth and gives a thick, slimy sauce.
Main ingredients
- Powdered dried baobab leaves
- Meat or fish, fresh or dried
- Salt, chilli
What to eat it with
The millet or sorghum ball.
Origin and tradition
The Fulani of Diamaré class its leaves among the "dry leaves" used for sauces. Farmers look after the baobabs near homes and fields for their leaves, and the tree served as survival food during the famines of the 19th century.