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Ndong Mba

Name: Ndong Mba
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Equatorial Guinea
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 150g Ground melon seeds; 1/2 Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Salt; 100ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fish coated in pumpkin seed paste, wrapped in leaves, and steam-roasted — a dish of Equatorial Guinea's Fang people.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ndong mba is a dish of the Fang people of mainland Equatorial Guinea: fish is coated in ground pumpkin seeds (ndong), wrapped in leaves, and steam-roasted. The seeds' oil keeps the fish moist. Similar dishes exist in Gabon and Cameroon.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a village kitchen on mainland Equatorial Guinea, ground seed paste and fish are wrapped in leaves and steam-roasted over charcoal.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Ground melon seeds 150g
Onion 1/2
Garlic 1 clove
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1 tsp
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toast the pumpkin seeds and grind to a powder in a blender.
Grate the onion, garlic, and chili and mix with the seed powder, salt, and water into a paste.
Salt the fish and coat it all over with the paste.
Wrap in baking paper and foil.
Bake in a 200°C oven for 30 minutes.

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