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Mbahal

Name: Mbahal
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: The Gambia
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 80g (unsalted) Peanuts; 200g White Fish Fillet; 15g Dried shrimp; 100g (cooked) Black-eyed peas; 1 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 500ml Water; 2 tsp Tamarind paste

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with peanuts and smoked fish — The Gambia's rich rice dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mbahal is home cooking in The Gambia and Senegal: rice is cooked with smoked fish, peanuts, black-eyed peas, onion, and chili, soaking up the richness of the peanuts and the savoriness of the fish. It's sometimes served with tamarind sauce for tang.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At midday in a Gambian home, smoked fish sits atop a big platter of brownish rice as the family gathers around.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 300g
Peanuts 80g (unsalted)
White Fish Fillet 200g
Dried shrimp 15g
Black-eyed peas 100g (cooked)
Onion 1
Chili pepper 1
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 500ml
Tamarind paste 2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the peanuts and crush coarsely.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the onion, chili, and dried shrimp.
Add the water, salt, peanuts, and black-eyed peas and bring to a boil.
Add the rinsed rice and fish, cover, and cook on low for 25 minutes.
Serve with a sauce of tamarind dissolved in a little hot water.

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