Mubowora with peanut butter

 🥬 Traditional Dish: Muboora une Dovi

(Pumpkin leaves with peanut butter)

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🌿 What is it?

This is a delicious, healthy, and traditional Zimbabwean vegetable dish made from pumpkin or squash leaves cooked with peanut butter (dovi). It's often eaten with sadza.

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🧺 Ingredients

3 cups fresh muboora (pumpkin leaves), washed and shredded

1 medium onion, chopped

1–2 tomatoes, chopped

2 tablespoons peanut butter (dovi)

1 tablespoon cooking oil

A pinch of bicarbonate of soda (optional, to soften leaves)

Salt to taste

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🍳 How to Prepare

1. Wash and Shred the Leaves

Use young pumpkin leaves. Remove any hard stems.

Roll them together and slice finely.

2. Boil the Muboora

In a pot, boil some water.

Add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda (or ashes, if traditional).

Boil the leaves for 5–7 minutes, then drain.

3. Make the Stew Base

In a clean pot, heat the oil.

Fry the chopped onions until soft.

Add tomatoes, cook until soft and saucy.

4. Add the Pumpkin Leaves

Add the boiled muboora into the tomato mixture. Stir well.

Add the peanut butter and a little water. Stir until smooth and thick.

Let it simmer on low heat for about 3–5 minutes.

Add salt to taste.

5. Serve Hot

Best served with sadza (either maize or finger millet).

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🌍 Why It’s Special

Very nutritious (high in iron, fiber, and protein).

Represents indigenous farming and l

ocal cooking traditions.

Easy to grow and prepare at home.

Symbol of rural Zimbabwean heritage.