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Mchuzi wa Samaki

Name: Mchuzi wa Samaki
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tanzania
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 400ml Coconut milk; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 piece Ginger; 1 tbsp Curry Powder; 1 tsp Tamarind paste; 1 tbsp Lime juice; 1 tsp Salt; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; A pinch Cilantro

Main Dish

⏱ 45 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fish simmered in a coconut-milk curry sauce — the fish curry of the Swahili coast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mchuzi wa samaki means 'fish sauce (curry),' a home dish of the Swahili coast on the Indian Ocean. Fried or grilled fish is simmered in a sauce of coconut milk, tomato, curry powder, and tamarind. The use of spices reflects a long history of trade with Arabia and India.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a seaside kitchen on Zanzibar, fish bought at the morning market simmers in a yellow coconut sauce as the family gathers around the rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Coconut milk 400ml
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Ginger 1 piece
Curry Powder 1 tbsp
Tamarind paste 1 tsp
Lime juice 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Cilantro A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Toss the fish with salt and lime juice, sear on both sides in a frying pan, and remove.
In the same pan, sauté the onion, garlic, and ginger and add the curry powder.
Add the chopped tomatoes and tamarind paste and cook down.
Add the coconut milk and bring to a boil.
Return the fish and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
Scatter with cilantro and serve with rice.

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