Cooking Ingredients:
1) 1 lb fresh fish
2) 2 large peppers
3) 1/4 pint of water
4) 5 large onions
5) 1 fresh bay leaf
6) 2 Maggi © cubes
7) 1 fresh egg
8) 2 ounces of bread
9) 1 tablespoon of finely chopped parsley
10) 1 teaspoon of hot chilli powder
11) 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
12) Salt & pepper
13) Tomato paste (smallest sized tin)
Cooking Method:
1) Skin and gut the fish making sure to remove all bones.
2) Cut the fish into small pieces.
3) Peel and chop into fine pieces 1 onion, 1 pepper,
and 1 cube of Maggi ©. Pound and mix till fine.
4) Soak then squeeze the bread and add to mix while
mixing & pounding.
5) To the mix add the egg and parsley and mix.
6) Add the salt and pepper.
7) Put a little cooking grease or oil to your hands
and shape into mouth size balls.
8) Heat a pan of oil until hot
9) Add a few fish balls at a time until brown all over
then remove. Repeat process until all fish balls are
cooked.
10) Chop the 4 onions into small pieces then fry in
a frying pan until brown.
11) Add to this the tomato paste, black pepper and 1
Maggi © cube. Add 2 tablespoons of water and stir
until the sauce becomes thick.
12) Transfer the contents of the frying pan into a cooking
pot and add 2 tea cups of water.
13) Bring to the boil.
14) Add the fish balls, bay leaf, lemon juice and boil
for 5 minutes.
15) Add sliced peppers and chillie powder then simmer
for 12 minutes.
16) Add salt or pepper to adjust to taste
17) Serve with either rice, yams or even spaghetti
*Serves 4 persons |
