Country Profile

Population 11.8 million
Area 1.28 million sq km (495,800 sq miles)
Major languages French, Arabic
Major religions Islam, Christianity
Life expectancy 49 years (men), 52 years (women) Currency CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc
LEADER President Idriss Deby

Daraba

The Dish of the Week

The Ingredients

2 Is tbsp oil

1 medium onion, chopped,

about 2 cups

1 Asian eggplant, skin on, diced, about 2 cups

3 small tomatoes, diced, about 2 cups

1 large sweet potato, diced, about 2 cups

1 beef or chicken bouillon cube

2 to 3 tsp. salt

¼ to ½ tsp. crushed chile flakes

20 fresh okra, sliced, or 1 ½ cups frozen

4 cups Swiss chard, chopped, about ½ bunch

1/2 Cup peanut butter

The Instructions

Sauté your onion in one tbsp of oil for about 5 minutes, until softened. Add your remaining oil and eggplant and sauté until softened, about 5 minutes. Add your tomatoes and cook until softened and they start to break down, add your sweet potato, 5 cups of water, spices,bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Add okra and greens and simmer for 5 minutes. Put your peanut butter into a bowl and add 1/2 Cup of hot water and stir until combined. Add the peanut butter to the soup, and simmer for 5 minutes more. Serve alone or along with white rice.

Jeremiah’s Rating 7 out of 10

“All the vegetables in the soup were good, I happen to love Okra! The peanut butter made the taste a bit interesting but it wasn’t bad.”

Stacie’s Rating 3 out of 10

“I probably would have liked this more if I liked more of the vegetables that went into it, but the peanut butter actually gave it a nice flavor.”