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Ebbeh

Name: Ebbeh
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: The Gambia
Ingredients: 2 Potato; 1 Sweet potato; 200g White Fish Fillet; 150g Shrimp; 200g Crab claws; 3 tbsp Palm oil; 1 Onion; 2 Chili pepper; 2 Lime; 1 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tsp Salt; 1L Water

Soup

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Cassava and seafood stewed with palm oil and lime — The Gambia's tangy seaside soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ebbeh is a popular seaside dish in The Gambia: cassava or sweet potato is stewed with smoked fish, crab, and shrimp in palm oil, chili, and lime into a thick, sour, spicy soup. Sold at beach stalls, Gambians love it as a 'pick-me-up' dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a beach stall in The Gambia, thick soup is ladled from a big pot and handed over in bowls with crab legs poking out.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Potato 2
Sweet potato 1
White Fish Fillet 200g
Shrimp 150g
Crab claws 200g
Palm oil 3 tbsp
Onion 1
Chili pepper 2
Lime 2
Chicken bouillon 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 1L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the water, stock powder, diced potatoes and sweet potatoes, onion, and chili in a pot for 20 minutes.
Lightly mash some of the potatoes with a wooden spoon to thicken.
Add the palm oil, fish, and crab and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the shrimp and simmer 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and season with lime juice and salt.

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