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Sour Leaves Recipe: Sorrel (Ngayi Ngayi) Salad with Mustard Dressing

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If you’ve ever wondered what are sour sour leaves, or how to turn them into something fresh, vibrant, and unexpectedly comforting, this sour leaves recipe is for you. This sorrel (also known as ngayi ngayi) salad is not your typical summer salad — and that’s exactly why I love it.

It’s bright without being sharp. Bold without being heavy. And deeply rooted in the flavors I grew up with, even though it shows up here in a completely different form.

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Mbinzo with avocado and spinach sauce

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Fried mbinzo with avocado and spinach sauce is not a recipe for the faint at heart, but for the ones who choose to dare! I can still see my mom’s face as I am developing the recipe in my kitchen. She was looking at me like I had lost it. LOL. I told her my blog name is BLUE FUFU, after all, so we will push boundaries at times. It is so liberating! I had colors popping in my head every time I looked at mbinzo in my kitchen, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it yet. One day, as I was eating an avocado, I had a EUREKA moment! Mbinzo with avocado sauce!

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