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Zambian Bream Stew

Name: Zambian Bream Stew
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Zambia
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 3 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 200ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Lake tilapia stewed with tomato and onion — a lakeside dish of Zambia.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Zambia is blessed with many lakes and rivers — Kariba, Bangweulu, Tanganyika — and tilapia (called 'bream' in Zambia) is a popular fish. It's fried whole or stewed with tomato and onion and eaten with nshima. In lakeside towns, the morning's catch fills the markets.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a lakeside market in Zambia, silvery fish are laid out, then stewed with tomatoes at home and served beside a plate of paste.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Tomato 3
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 200ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Season the fish with salt and pepper, fry both sides in oil, and remove.
In the same pot, sauté the onion, garlic, and green pepper.
Add the chopped tomatoes and water and simmer 10 minutes.
Return the fish and simmer 10 minutes.
Serve with nshima.

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