All these ingredients are available at Vallerga’s Market at Redwood Plaza in Napa. In Africa, groundnut is the name commonly used for peanut. Thick and robust, this stew is hearty enough for a main ...

Make the spice paste: Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz into a coarse paste. Heat peanut oil in a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat. Add spice paste and sauté ...

There are plenty of ways to differentiate a soup from a stew—the ratio of liquid to ingredients, for example, or the size to which said ingredients are cut. But let's put technical factors aside for a ...