Fisherman soup

Name: Fisherman soup
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 kg Fresh fish; 6 seeds Fresh yellow pepper (sliced); 1 medium sized onions (sliced); 2 cooking spoons palm oil; Seasoning; Salt; 15 pieces Dried red prawn; Cocoyam powder or freshly cooked cocoyam (pounded); 1 cup Ngolo; 4 pieces Snails (par-boiled); 2 cups Perewinkle; 10 large Fresh shrimp; Small quantity uziza seeds (pounded); 2 handfuls Uziza leaves (sliced)

Cookingwithseki @cookingwithseki

Abuja

Soup of the riverine people of rivers. Popularly called fisherman soup because it’s believed to be a soup prepared by wives of fishermen from their take home catch which usually includes a variety of sea foods. I love the simplicity and the nourishment this meal gives. You can desire to have it alone or with swallow. I love to build the flavour profile of this soup by first heating up the yellow pepper and onions in the palm oil. And that makes a whole lot of difference with the aroma. Enjoy

Cookingwithseki @cookingwithseki

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Ingredients

35mins

4 servings

1 kgFresh fish
6seeds Fresh yellow pepper (sliced)
1medium sized onions (sliced)
2cooking spoons palm oil
Seasoning
Salt
15 piecesDried red prawn
Cocoyam powder or freshly cooked cocoyam (pounded)
1 cupNgolo
4 piecesSnails (par-boiled)
2 cupsPerewinkle
10large Fresh shrimp
Small quantity uziza seeds (pounded)
2 handfulsUziza leaves (sliced)

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Steps

35mins

1

Place a pot on heat and add the palm oil to heat up a bit
2

Pour in the sliced pepper and onions and stir for like 20seconds
3

Then add the dried red prawns and stir for some seconds (remember to do all the above on low heat so it does not burn fast
4

Then add some water in the pot, add seasoning and salt and put in the fish, ngolo, already parboiled snail, grinded uziza seeds and cover the pot to cook
5

Mainwhile, mix the cocoyam powder in little water to form a thick paste. Or you can boil and pound fresh cocoyam powder. (i used vegeta cocoyam powder)
6

Add the cocoyam powder and uziza leaves and perewinkles and shrimps
7

Allow to cook for some 4minutes, check if you like the desired thickness or add more cocoyam if you desire more thickness.Then taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary. Cook for extra 3minutes
8

Ready and set!
9

Crab is also an essential ingredient in this soup but i could not get one to buy