On the East African island of Madagascar, Romazava is the island nation’s national dish. This one-pot meal consists of various types of meat stewed with greens you’ll love. In traditional recipes, romazava is made from zebu meat, which is hard to come by, so you can use beef, pork, or chicken instead.
You can opt for spinach and arugula instead of mustard, ananamy, and paracress greens which aren’t available in Madagascar.
Romazawa is a healthy main course dish we’ll explore in this recipe guide.
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How to Prepare Romazava
Ingredients
- 1 bunch arugula
- 1 bunch spinach
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 2 small yellow onion, diced
- 2 tbsp olive or vegetable oil
- 2 cups beef or chicken broth
- 2” ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 bunch of mustard greens, chopped
- 1 lb pork sirloin, cut into small cubes
- 1 lb chuck roast, cut into small cubes
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- 3 chili peppers, seeded and chopped
- 1 lb chicken breast, cut into small cubes
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Instructions
- Heat up olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add in the beef and brown for 10 minutes.
- Add and sauté the onions, garlic, ginger, and chili peppers.
- Stir in the tomatoes.
- Pour in the beef stock and bring to a boil.
- Cover the pot and reduce the heat.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add in the pork and chicken and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Place the mustard greens on top of the stew; followed by the spinach, then arugula.
- Cover and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes without stirring.
- Allow the green to wilt into the stew.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir the greens into the stew.
- Serve with hot boiled rice.
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Romazava Malagasy Dish
Equipment
- Pot
Ingredients
- 1 bunch arugula
- 1 bunch spinach
- 1/2 tbsp each salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Roma tomatoes diced
- 2 small yellow onion diced
- 2 tbsp olive or vegetable oil
- 2 cups beef or chicken broth
- 2 ” ginger peeled and minced
- 1 bunch of mustard greens chopped
- 1 lb pork sirloin cut into small cubes
- 1 lb chuck roast cut into small cubes
- 5 garlic cloves peeled and smashed
- 3 chili peppers seeded and chopped
- 1 lb chicken breast cut into small cubes
Instructions
- Heat up olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add in the beef and brown for 10 minutes.
- Add and sauté the onions, garlic, ginger, and chili peppers.
- Stir in the tomatoes.
- Pour in the beef stock and bring to a boil.
- Cover the pot and reduce the heat.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add in the pork and chicken and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Place the mustard greens on top of the stew; followed by the spinach, then arugula.
- Cover and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes without stirring.
- Allow the green to wilt into the stew.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir the greens into the stew.
- Serve with hot boiled rice.
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