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Krain Krain

Name: Krain Krain
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sierra Leone
Ingredients: 2 bunches Molokhia; 200g White Fish Fillet; 15g Dried shrimp; 1/2 Onion; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; 300ml Water; To taste Cooked rice

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Jute leaves (molokhia) stewed with fish — Sierra Leone's stretchy stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Krain krain is the Sierra Leonean name for jute leaves (molokhia): the leaves are chopped and simmered with smoked fish, dried shrimp, palm oil, and chili into a stretchy stew. Spooned over rice, its slippery texture blends right in.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Sierra Leonean kitchen, a stretchy green leaf stew simmers in a pot and is poured over white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Molokhia 2 bunches
White Fish Fillet 200g
Dried shrimp 15g
Onion 1/2
Chili pepper 1
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 300ml
Cooked rice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Pick the molokhia leaves and chop finely.
Simmer the water, dried shrimp, chopped onion, and chili in a pot for 5 minutes.
Add the bite-size fish and simmer 10 minutes.
Add the molokhia and palm oil and simmer 5 minutes until stretchy.
Season with salt and serve with rice.

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