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Chambo

Name: Chambo
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malawi
Ingredients: 2 (cleaned) Sea Bream; 1 tsp Salt; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; To taste Oil for frying; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 Lemon

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chambo from Lake Malawi fried whole and served with tomato sauce — Malawi's signature dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chambo is a tilapia found only in Lake Malawi and is Malawi's signature fish. It's fried or grilled whole and eaten with tomato and onion sauce and nsima (stiff maize porridge) or chips. In lakeside towns, the day's catch goes straight to the kitchen.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an eatery on the shore of Lake Malawi, a freshly fried whole fish is plated with tomato sauce and white porridge, the lake stretching out behind.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Sea Bream 2 (cleaned)
Salt 1 tsp
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Oil for frying To taste
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Lemon 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Score the fish, salt, and let stand 15 minutes.
Dust with flour and fry crisp in 170°C oil.
Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté the onion and green pepper.
Add the chopped tomatoes and cook until they break down into a sauce.
Serve the fish with the sauce and lemon.

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