Malian Fish Stew

Ingredients:

500 g dried, salted, fish

3 large yellow onions, finely chopped

20 okra pods, par-boiled

1 l cold water

3 fresh red chillies, pounded to a paste

6 tbsp oil

4 tomatoes, diced

Cooking Instructions:

Soak the fish overnight in water. Drain off this water the following day, remove any bones then add the fish to a large pan with 750 ml water. Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry half the onions and chillies until golden. Add the tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes before adding the final 250 ml of water. Simmer slowly for 15 minutes. Pound the remaining onion and okra to a paste in a pestle and mortar then add to the fish. Stir in and allow to simmer for 25 minutes. Combine the fried ingredients with the fish and cook for a further 5 minutes. Traditionally this is served with potato dumplings.

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