West Africa · Soup
Sauce Graine (Rich Ivorian Palm Nut Soup)
A velvety, rich palm nut pulp soup simmered with tender beef chuck, smoked fish, and aromatic indigenous nightshades.
The story
Sauce graine, known as kpakpalo among coastal groups, relies on the rich, orange-red emulsion extracted from boiled and pounded oil palm fruits. It is traditionally reserved for Sunday family lunches and festive occasions, almost always paired with dense balls of pounded plantain fufu or foutou banane.
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