Margi Special

Name: Margi Special
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 6 cups large chops ofspinach; 1 cup yakuwa; 3 small catfishes; 3 tbsp light soy sauce; Half cup palm oil; Half cup vegetable oil; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp yellow curry; 1 tsp green curry; 1 tsp lowcust beans(daddawa); 4 tasty cubes; 1 cup grinded red scotch bonnet peppers plus red peppers; 1 , 1/2 large red onion; 1 tbsp crushed garlic; 2 cups water

Superwife Delight @superwifedelight1

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Margi special is a local food popular with the Margi natives of Maiduguri, Borno. It is either cooked with white zobo or the yakuwa and spinach(alayyahu). I learned this recipe from an old lady Hajiya Asura during my stay at Maiduguri 2017. If you try it you will love it and keep making it.

Superwife Delight @superwifedelight1

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Ingredients

25- 30minutes

5 servings

6 cupslarge chops ofspinach
1 cupyakuwa
3small catfishes
3 tbsplight soy sauce
Halfcup palm oil
Halfcup vegetable oil
1 tspsalt
1 tspyellow curry
1 tspgreen curry
1 tsplowcust beans(daddawa)
4tasty cubes
1 cupgrinded red scotch bonnet peppers plus red peppers
1, 1/2 large red onion
1 tbspcrushed garlic
2 cupswater
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Steps

25- 30minutes

1

Prepare all ingredients and keep at hand stretch
2

Marinade/ rub the catfish with the light soy sauce and set aside.
3

In a large bowl combine the oils, onions, spices and seasonings. Stir to distribute evenly
4

Add the large chunks of green leaves and mix.
5

In a clean pot layer 1/3 (one third) of the prepared leaves evenly.
6

Arrange the marinaded catfish on the leaves inside the pot. Then cover with another layer of leaves. You can make as many layers as you wish, alternating between the leaves and the fish. Making sure the leaves comes on top in the final layer.
7

Add 2 cups water, then cover the pot and cook on low-medium heat for 25-30minutes.