Turnip greens with tomato, onion, peanuts and palm oil.
The tarco recipe in Felicia Sampaio’s Angola collection uses nabiças, or turnip greens, with peanuts. This is a vegetable accompaniment for grilled meat or fish. This draft awaits kitchen testing; quantities, yield and timings are estimates for verification.
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- 30 minutes
- Total
- 45 minutes
- Serves
- 4 side
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Cuisine
- Angolan
The recipe
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Before you start
Measure and prepare the ingredients first. Follow the texture and temperature checks in the method as well as the estimated timing.
Ingredients
Quantities change with servings; cooking times stay the same.
Equipment
- Large pot paid link
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- Saucepan paid link
- Food processor or mortar paid link
Method
Roughly chop the greens. Boil in a large pan of water for 5–10 minutes, until tender, then drain well. Older leaves may need longer.
Meanwhile, heat the palm oil gently in a saucepan. Soften the onion for 5 minutes. Add the tomato and cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Mix the ground peanuts with the measured sauce water. Stir this into the tomato mixture and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
Add the drained greens and simmer for another 5 minutes, stirring the base of the pan. Add a little water if needed for a spoonable sauce. Season with salt and serve hot.
Chef’s notes
Turnip greens can be sandy; wash in several changes of water. Drain well so the sauce does not become watery.
Tips and variations
Spinach is a practical substitute, though its milder taste and shorter cooking time make a different version.
Serve with
The featured photograph shows the raw turnip greens used in tarco. It is an ingredient image, not a photograph of the finished dish.
Storage
Refrigerate at 4°C or below and use within 3 days. Reheat until steaming hot throughout. Refrigerate perishable food within 2 hours, or within 1 hour above 32°C.
Nutrition per serving (estimated)
Nutrition has not been calculated. Values depend on the ingredients and serving size.
Allergens
Contains peanuts.
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Questions
Are nabiças the turnip roots? No. This recipe uses the leaves and tender stems.
Sources and recipe context
Kitchen testing not yet confirmed by Sixto Carreon. This is an editorial adaptation. Sets a trimmed weight for the greens and reduces the oil and peanuts for four side portions. Roasted peanuts and explicit cooking times are used.
Gastronomias, Felicia Sampaio: Tarco
The featured image was adapted from a licensed real photograph using AI-assisted background, framing and lighting edits. It is not a Sixto kitchen-test photograph. Ingredient photograph of raw turnip greens. It does not show finished tarco. Photographer, licence and editing details are in Editorial Standards.
