Fumbwa soup || How to cook the Congolese Fumbwa Soup

Name: Fumbwa soup || How to cook the Congolese Fumbwa Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1 onion; 1kg beef; 1 tsp salt; 1 dried fish; 2 fresh tomatoes; ½ stockfish head; 1 habanero pepper; 50ml red palm oil; 100g fresh spinach; 2 Knorr stock cubes; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 plantain (for serving); 4 mini red sweet peppers; 150g fresh fumbwa leaves

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:50min

Homemade fumbwa soup does not have to be overwhelming nor difficult to prepare. Fubwa is a Congolese soup cooked primarily with fumbwa leaves, peanuts and other soup ingredients. Peradventure this is your first time of hearing about the word fumbwa, it is a Congolese term for spinach.

Updated at: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:07:08 GMT