Vegetable and Chickpea Mafé {A Senegalese Peanut Stew}
This Senegalese inspired Vegetable and Chickpea Mafé is hearty, full of rich, peanut butter flavor, and chock full of veggies. You'll have a hard time saying no to seconds!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 295kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup chopped onion ½ large
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 1 cup peeled and chopped carrot
- 2 cups cauliflower florets (heaping) ½ small head
- 15 ounces chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 14.5 ounces diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon salt
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Whisk together the peanut butter and vegetable broth and set aside.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion, garlic, peppers, carrots and cauliflower until the onions are translucent.
- Add in the peanut butter and vegetable broth mixture and stir well.
- Add in the drained and rinsed chickpeas, diced tomatoes, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
- Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until the sauce thickens and the cauliflower florets are cooked through and fork tender.
- Remove the bay leaf. Add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve over warm rice.
Notes
I like to serve this stew over rice. You can also use couscous or cauliflower rice.
Nutrition
Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 638mg | Potassium: 707mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 3912IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 4mg