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Octopus Soup

🍲 Octopus Soup

Rich octopus soup — hearty coastal bowl.

Octopus Soup recipe Tanzania — 10 steps, serves 4.

Best places for Octopus Soup

  • King Mswati — octopus soup Samaki Samaki — Dar es Salaam
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Ingredients

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Serves 4 Prep 20 min Cook 50 min Calories ~399 kcal
  • 700 g Octopus
  • 1.5 cups Coconut milk
  • 2 Onions
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • 4 cups Water
  • 1 Lime
  • to taste Salt
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How to cook Octopus Soup

Octopus soup is Zanzibar and Mtwara coastal lunch — octopus, coconut and Swahili spices simmered slowly. Served at seaside eateries. Slow cooking gives flavor and tender octopus.

  1. Clean octopus, cut pieces; salt and lime.
  2. Boil in water with lime 25 minutes until tender; drain.
  3. Fry onions in oil until soft.
  4. Add tomatoes and ginger, cook 5 minutes.
  5. Add boiled octopus and some cooking water.
  6. Simmer 10 minutes, then add coconut milk.
  7. Reduce heat, cover and cook 15 minutes.
  8. Sauce should thicken slightly; octopus stay tender.
  9. Season with salt and lime.
  10. Serve hot with bread or rice.

Tips

  • Pre-boiling octopus is essential for tender soup.
  • Add coconut milk after octopus is nearly done.
  • Do not boil hard after coconut milk or soup may split.

Frequently asked questions

Jinsi ya kupika octopus soup?
Mapishi ya Octopus Soup yapo hapa chini — hatua 10 za kupika nyumbani, pamoja na viungo na vidokezo.
Viungo vya octopus soup ni vipi?
Orodha kamili ya viungo na vipimo iko kwenye sehemu ya Viungo hapa chini.
Octopus Soup in English ni nini?
Octopus Soup pia hujulikana kama King Mswati, Octopus Soup — mapishi ya Tanzania kwenye Ladha za Tanzania.

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