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Fish Soup

🍲 Fish Soup

Hearty fish soup — coastal restaurant staple.

Fish Soup recipe Tanzania — 10 steps, serves 6.

Best places for Fish Soup

  • Tumechemshwa — Haile Selassie fish fillet soup Samaki Samaki — Dar es Salaam
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Ingredients

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Serves 6 Prep 25 min Cook 40 min Calories ~402 kcal
  • 1 kg Fish heads and bones
  • 300 g Fish fillets
  • 2 Onions
  • 3 Tomatoes
  • 1 thumb Ginger
  • 2 cups Amaranth or spinach
  • 2 Lime
  • 8 cups Water
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How to cook Fish Soup

Fish soup is coastal lunch fare built from fish heads and bones with greens and spices. Served at Dar and island fish restaurants. Good soup tastes of the sea and warms the body.

  1. Wash fish heads and bones thoroughly.
  2. In a pot combine water, heads, onion and ginger; boil and skim foam.
  3. Reduce heat, cover and simmer gently 30 minutes.
  4. Strain broth, return liquid to pot; discard large bones.
  5. Add chopped tomatoes, cook 10 minutes.
  6. Add fish fillet pieces, cook 8 minutes until done.
  7. Stir in greens until wilted.
  8. Season with salt, pepper and lime.
  9. Broth should taste clearly of fish without being muddy.
  10. Serve hot with bread or a little rice.

Tips

  • Sea fish heads give the richest broth.
  • Skim foam while simmering for a clear soup.
  • Lime at the end adds coastal brightness.

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Frequently asked questions

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

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