Mashed potatoes & beans: traditional recipe, origin and ingredients

Where does Mashed potatoes & beans come from?

Pilé de pommes is a specialty of the Menoua around Dschang, potato country. Potatoes and beans are pounded together with red palm oil into a rustic orange mash that is filling and full of flavour.

Other signature dishes of the West region: Pounded taro with yellow soup, Kondrè, Koki, Nkui with corn fufu, Ndjapche.

What are the ingredients for Mashed potatoes & beans?

For 6 people:

• Red beans
• Red palm oil
• Dried chili
• Potatoes (buy locally)

How do you make Mashed potatoes & beans? Step-by-step recipe

1. Soak the beans overnight, then cook until very tender.
2. Boil the peeled potatoes.
3. Warm the palm oil with salt and chili.
4. Pound potatoes and beans together, adding the oil little by little, until orange and smooth.
5. Serve warm.

Tips for a perfect Mashed potatoes & beans

• Cook the beans until they crush between two fingers.
• Add the hot palm oil little by little while pounding.
• A little chili and fried onion lift the dish.

What to serve with Mashed potatoes & beans

Traditionally it is served with eaten on its own, with chili. It is a dish for family meals.

Where to buy Mashed potatoes & beans ingredients in Europe and North America

Outside Cameroon, the dry and frozen ingredients for Mashed potatoes & beans are often hard to find. Our kit gathers them, checked and packed in Douala, and delivers them across Europe, the UK, the US and Canada, including Paris, Brussels, London, Montreal.

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