Sauce tasba
The sauce of a wild northern herb
Aussi écrit : tasba, tasɓaaho (fulfulde)
What is it?
A sauce of tasba leaves (Senna obtusifolia, formerly Cassia obtusifolia), a wild plant that grows on fallow land. Among the Fulani of Diamaré it belongs to the leaf sauces to which peanut paste is added.
Where does it come from?
Associated people(s) : Recorded among the Fulani (Fulbe) of Diamaré and the Kapsiki
Few written sources describe the recipe itself. The addition of peanut paste comes from the classification of Fulani sauces in Diamaré; the link to the Kapsiki comes from a photo caption.
Main ingredients
- Tasba leaves
- Peanut paste
- Aubergines (Kapsiki variant)
What to eat it with
Red millet or maize couscous.
Origin and tradition
Tasba is a wild plant gathered mostly on communal fallow land, often too degraded for crops. It is harvested by women, who are responsible for feeding the family; it holds a full place in the traditional food system of the North.