Recipe of the month ( Fish balls stew)

Good morning to all Yodaai families out there! As we are welcoming the month of April and getting ready for our regular meeting, it is also time for our monthly recipe. This month one of the oloris wants me to share a simple and quick recipe for "FISH BALLS STEW". Believe it or not this is a bomb as they say. Ok now, it is time to visit Mrs. Ami's kitchen.

Fish balls stew

 

Below are the ingredients you need for the delicious stew

 

500g of fish

Half onion

3 gloves of garlic

1 bouillon cube

1 table spoon of peanut butter

Fresh chili peppers to your taste

Black or white pepper, optional

½ table spoon of salt

Vegetable oil, for frying

1 able spoon of corn flour, optional

You will need the following ingredients for the tomatoes stew

2 fresh tomatoes

1 table spoon of tomato paste

1 big onion, minced

1 bouillon cube

3 gloves of garlic, grated

1 table spoon  of black pepper

Red or green chili, to taste

Salt to taste

3 table spoon of cooking oil

2 cups of water

1 big potato, peeled and cut

1 small carrot, peeled and cut

Half cabbage, cut into medium pieces

Or any vegetables of your choice  ( pumpkin, sweet potato, etc.)

Directions

Making the fish balls:

Step 1:  Remove bones and skin from the fish or use fish fillet. Grind the fish in a food processor with some salt.
Step 2:  Grind the onion, garlic, bouillon cube, chilies peppers, black pepper in a food processor.
Step 3: Mix the fish with the onion mixture and peanut butter. Mix well add the corn flour if you want. Then grease your hands and shape the fish mixture into small balls.
Step 4: heat the oil on medium and fry the fish balls until brown. Remove and reserve.

Making the stew:

Step 1: In a big bowl, mash the fresh tomatoes with a little bit of water. Add the tomato paste, minced onion, grated garlic, bouillon cube, black pepper.
Step 2:  heat the oil and add the tomato mixture. Let simmer at low heat for 5 to 10 min or until it’s thicken and you can see the oil.
Step 3: Add your vegetables and water. Bring to boil and add the fish balls. Let simmer for 20 min.
Salt and pepper to your taste.

Final result

This stew can be served with rice, yam, bread and couscous

 

Enjoy it !

 

 

Wole Amusan.