Palaver sauce or palava sauce or plasas is a type of stew widely eaten in West Africa, including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone[1][2] The word palaver comes from the Portuguese language and means a talk, lengthy debate or quarrel.

[1][3][4] It has regional variations and can contain beef, fish, shrimp, pepitas, cassava, taro (cocoyam) leaves, and palm oil.

[7] In Ghana, kontomire stew is served with variety of dishes,[8][9] including steamed rice, cooked yam and plantain.

Next is added the fish, dried or smoked, 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.