Nigerian fried fish stew recipe

By Tomato Stew, I am talking about stew accustomed to prepare the Nigerian Jollof Grain recipes: Jollof Grain, Coconut Grain, Grain Beans, etc. This tomato stew also forms the bottom for that Nigerian Beef Chicken Stew. I usually make a great quantity of the tomato stew and store within my freezer. This will make cooking my Nigerian Jollof Grain, Spaghetti Surprise along with other meals where I personally use Tomato Stew very easy.

Please be aware that this tomato stew doesn't have any seasoning along with other ingredients because it's really a base. Should you watch my Nigerian Jollof Grain, Nigerian Coconut Grain and my Nigerian Spaghetti Surprise videos. this is actually the tomato stew which i added while cooking individuals meals.

I recieve a great number of questions regarding what i'm saying by tomato stew and just how I allow it to be, that's why I chose to make this page and also the video below.

Add beef/chicken or both, thyme, curry, Knorr, pepper and salt to Tomato Stew to obtain the Beef Chicken Stew accustomed to eat steamed white-colored grain. For that recipe regarding how to prepare that, visit this site: How you can Prepare Nigerian Beef Chicken Stew

Ingredients for Nigerian Tomato Stew

• 3.2kg (7lbs) fresh Plum Tomato plants (known as Jos Tomato plants in Nigeria, tomate pera in Spanish and pomodoro pera in Italian)
• 400g (14oz) tinned tomato paste. (or watery tinned Tomato Puree: 800g)
• Vegetable Oil: an ample quantity (begin to see the video below)
• 2 onions

Important notes around the ingredients

1. Tomato plants: Plum tomato plants are the most useful for that Nigerian Tomato Stew (along with other Nigerian recipes) because the rest of the kinds of tomato plants either possess a strong taste, have plenty of seeds or contain plenty of water. You may also use Roma Tomato plants since it is much like plum tomato plants.
2. Vegetable Oil: There's always a debate relating to this one. However I will insist that you'll require ample oil when frying the tomato plants. This is because the tomato plants won't burn till all of the sour taste is finished and also the water has dried in the tomato plants. You'll pour the excess oil once the tomato plants are very well fried. Just consider this as "sort of" deep frying the tomato plants. Not too you'll need much oil however, you obtain the gist.

Should you don't use enough oil, your stew have a sour taste and it'll burn even though you stand there stirring anxiously :( Cooking ought to be fun, not tiresome. And why worry whenever you'll pour the excess oil when you're done? For me, anybody concerned about his/her health should avoid this stew since it is fried.

This oil you pour out is red hence it is ideal for cooking Egusi Soup, Okra Soup and Ogbono Soup for individuals who cannot buy or don't want to use palm oil. Once it's cooled lower, place it within the fridge or freezer since it goes bad if left around the counter top.

Tinned tomato paste/puree: The tinned tomato paste offered in Nigeria is generally very thick and concentrated. By trying to fry this tomato paste out of the box, it'll burn immediately. Things I normally do would be to then add water into it to create it towards the softer consistency when i did within the video below. There are more kinds of tomato purees offered in Europe and all of those other world and these are typically watery. If that's the only real type you can purchase, you will want to prepare it using the fresh tomato puree (as described below) to have it to dry out a little and eliminate the sour taste before frying. Yet another factor the tinned tomato paste/puree is optional. Its job would be to enhance the redness from the tomato stew, which makes it look more potent and much more appetizing. Should you don't desire to use it, replace fresh plum tomato plants. In Nigeria, it's quite common to make use of tatashe (Nigerian big red peppers) to enhance the redness from the tomato stew. Please be aware that tatashe is totally different from peppers.

You can vary the number of fresh plum tomato plants to conc. tomato paste. If you would like the stew very red and conc. especially if you wish to utilize it too prepare Jollof Grain for any large crowd, increase the amount of tomato paste you'll use for any certain amount of plum tomato plants.

Before you decide to prepare Tomato Stew

1. Wash and blend the new plum tomato plants. Make sure to take away the seeds unless of course you're certain your blender can grind them perfectly.
2. If while using thick tinned tomato paste that's common in Nigeria, combine it with cold water to obtain a softer consistency. Begin to see the video below for the way Used to do this.
3. If you work with the watery tinned tomato puree that's common in Europe along with other parts around the globe, open the tins or packets and hang these aside, you'll need them soon.
4. Cut the onions into small pieces.

Cooking Directions

1. Pour the new tomato blend right into a pot and prepare at high temperature till the majority of the water has dried. If you possess the watery tinned/boxed tomato puree, add those to the pot and lower heat to low. Prepare up until the water within the tomato puree have dried whenever possible.
2. Add some vegetable oil, the chopped onions and also the thick tomato puree that you simply included step two above (whether it's the puree you use). Stir perfectly.
3. Fry at really low heat and stir at short times up until the oil has completely separated in the tomato puree. A properly fried tomato puree can also get streaks of oil, unlike when you initially added the oil also it would be a smooth mixture of the tomato puree and oil. Taste the fried tomato puree to make certain the raw tomato taste is finished. As time passes and experience, you may also tell the tomato puree is well fried in the aroma alone.
4. If you're pleased with the flavour and you're certain all of the water has dried whenever possible, pour the excess vegetable oil like Used to do within the video below, adding the well fried tomato stew for your cooking.
5. If you're not utilizing it immediately, leave to awesome lower, dish in containers and store within the freezer.

To make use of, bring out of the freezer and permit to defrost at 70 degrees and employ inside your Nigerian Jollof Grain. Nigerian Coconut Grain. Nigerian Grain Beans. Spaghetti Surprise. Add pepper, seasoning, chicken, beef, fish, poultry etc to obtain the Nigerian Beef Chicken Stew employed for eating Nigerian Steamed White-colored Grain along with other Nigerian staple food.

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