Peanut stew

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Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also known as maafe (Wolof mafé, maffé, maffe), and pate d'arachide (French), is a staple food stew in Western Africa. While maafe is a dish originating from Senegal, in Mali tigadéguéna (Bambara tigadɛgɛna) is also a stew that originated from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali and served with Malian fufu (tuwo). The origins of maafe are mistakenly confused with those of tigadèguèna. Maafe is a dish from the colonial era that consisted of rice, among other things, and was not known in Mali before it was imported into Senegal. The concept of peanuts was also unknown in Mali but Bambara groundnuts were widely used to prepare a variety of dishes. The proper name for it in the Mandinka language is domodah or tigadɛgɛna (lit. 'peanut butter sauce,' where tiga is 'peanut,' dɛgɛ is 'paste,' and na is 'sauce') in Bamanankan. Domodah is a sauce, also used by Gambians, whose name has been borrowed from the Mandinka language. In Senegal domodah or domoda refers...

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