Recipe: Homemade Numete

NUMETE

2 lb / 900 g raw nut butter (or raw peanuts ground into meal)
1 cup flour (wheat meal or soybean meal)
5 tsp salt
5 1/2 cups water

Thin down nut butter with water to the consistency of heavy cream. Add flour and salt. Put into cans and cover with waxed paper held in place by rubber bands. Place cans in large kettle with water reaching half-way up the cans, and cover the kettle. Steam for 4 hours. (Can also be done in pressure cooker, 10 lb / 4.5 kb pressure. No reduction of time was given for pressure cooker use.)

Yields 2 1/2 to 3 lb (1.1 - 1.4 kg)