Palaver sauce and to the pan is added onion, pepper and chilli. Then is added the fish dried or smoked, that is previously moistened and cut in chunks, the vegetables are sliced and incorporated into the cooking-pan (spinach leaves or bean leaves, cabbage, kale, okra), and finally water is poured to help in the cooking and spices for seasoning. The mixture is kept on a low fire until all the ingredients are cooked and the water has reduced. It is served with white rice. Palaver sauce Palaver sauce or palava sauce or plasas is a type of stew widely eaten in West
Coq au vin long before that. A somewhat similar recipe, "poulet au vin blanc", appeared in an 1864 cookbook. Julia Child included "coq au vin" in her 1961 cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", and she prepared it twice on the PBS cooking show "The French Chef." This exposure helped to increase the visibility and popularity of the dish in the United States, and coq au vin was seen as one of Child's signature dishes. Although the word ""coq"" in French means "rooster" or "cock", and tough birds with lots of connective tissue benefit from braising, most modern "coq au vin" recipes