Saturday 27 February 2016
HOW TO PREPARE FRESH FISH {TILAPIA} SOUP (OMI OBE)
On this Saturday morning I woke up thinking what soup to prepare aside form the common and regular soups. I decide to cook this rich and tasty soup for a change, and believe me it's worth it.
Fresh fish soup is delicious and nutritious. It is simple to prepare
but note that fish soup is of a more watery consistency than meat/chicken soup.
That is why the Yoruba people called it omi obe.
INGREDIENTS:
4 medium size fresh tilapia fish
2 large red bell peppers
4 scotch bonnet peppers/ habanero
6 tomatoes
1 medium red onion
3 cloves garlic
Ginger (size of garlic cloves)
1/2 cup palm oil
2 maggi cubes
1 tsp sea salt (to
taste)
PREPARATION:
1. Rinse, remove the scales and clean fish in water. Once
thoroughly cleaned of any fish gunk, drain & sprinkle salt over fish. Make sure
you work salt into fish. Set the fish aside for 30mins.
2. Blend the bell peppers, onion, tomatoes, scotch bonnet
peppers, garlic and ginger along with one cup water. Blend thoroughly till
liquefied.
3. Heat oils in pot till smoking hot (literally). Add blended
mix carefully. Cover and let cook over medium heat for 45 minutes (check and
add 1 cup water every 15-20 minutes, if this is not done, your soup consistency
will be too thick).
4. When is about 30 minute add the maggi cubes boiling
pepper. Stir and let it cook for another 10 minutes.
5. Add fish, let cook another 10-15 minutes till fish starts
to flake, taste for salt, to know if you need to add little salt to taste. Reduce
the heat and cook for another 5mins. Turn off heat.
Fish soup is normally served with white rice or eaten with
okra ewedu soup and eba. I prefer it
with rice and plantain/dodo.
You can see below mine is serve with ewedu and eba. check here to see ewedu recipe and how to prepare it.
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| Fresh fish soup and ewedu |
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| Eba |
Please make sure you monitor your kids during meal because of the bones in the fish.
Enjoy…
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