Devoured with boiled white rice, served with fried
plantain and left over grilled chicken by the side,
vegetable stew with smoked fish is the perfect lunch
any day. When thinking of a meal on a budget, an easy
dish that comes to mind for me is this stew. To be
frank, i spent less than 500Naira on this stew which
was made for 5. If that doesn't thrill you in this
present economy, nothing else will. Apart from being
nourishing, the burst of colors on the plate would tell
you it's also fresh as well as healthy at the same
time. I took the basic concept of the normal vegetable
stew with egg served previously with yam and plantain,
skipped the egg part and added shredded smoked fish
after removing the little bones in it. For me, everything
tastes better with smoked meat or fish....whayahsay
:D.
How to make vegetable stew with smoked fish
• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Meal type: Side dish
• Misc: Serve hot
Ingredients:::
• 5 Plum Tomatoes
• 1 Large sized onion
• 3 Medium sized red (scotch bonnet) pepper "rodo"
• 1 large bunch pumpkin leaves
• 1 medium sized smoked fish (i used "Titus" also
known as Mackerel)
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 seasoning cubes
• salt to taste
Directions:::
Step 1: Soak the leaves in salt water for about 5
minutes then rinse severally with clean water - Chop
and set aside. Rinse the tomatoes, onion and pepper -
Chop and set aside. Remove the bones from the
smoked fish, rinse and set aside.
Step 2: In a large pan, heat up the oil for about 1
minute till hot. Add the chopped onion, chopped
pepper and chopped tomatoes. Stir fry for about 7
minutes. Gently add the cleaned smoked fish, crushed
seasoning cubes and salt to taste, stir to combine
while crushing the fish with a spoon. leave for about 3
minutes.
Step 3: Finally, Add the chopped pumpkin leaves and
stir to combine everything. Leave to simmer for 5
minutes then turn off the burner.
Your stew is ready. Serve with Boiled rice, yam, beans
or potato.
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