Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tilapia Soup



I have been having some trouble with my camera lately. So for now, I either don't blog/post anything, or I have to use my phone, which I did for this post. So please excuse the picture quality, I'm still working out my lighting and angles.

I don't particulary like fresh fish soup, but my husband loves it. So, I decided to make him some Tilapia soup. It turned out so good, I ate most of it myself. Who woulda thought?!

Ingredients:

2 large Tilapia (scaled and cut into 3 or 4 pieces each)
5 Garden eggs
6 Tomatoes
2 Onions
10 peppers
Salt.

Sprinkle a level teaspoonful of salt over the fish and toss it so all the pieces get some. Leave it to marinate.

Cut off the stalks on the garden eggs then slice them in half, lengthwise. Peel the onions then place them along with the tomatoes (still whole), pepper and halved garden eggs into 1 litre of water, cover and boil.

The tomatoes will cook first. When they are soft and almost breaking apart, take them and the pepper out and blend till smooth. Sieve using a colander. Take out 3 of the 5 garden eggs and pour the pureed tomatoes back into the pot. Pour watr over the 3 garden eggs to cool them, then remove the skin and seeds.

By the time you have done this, the onions should be cooked, so you can add them to the garden eggs and blend them  together. This will not be sieved so be sure to blend them thoroughly, then pour the mixture into the pot.


Add the Tilapia and cover. Add more water if it looks too thick. Check the salt in the soup and add more if necessary. Boil it gently until the fish is cooked, about 10 minutes.

Serve it just as it is, with the garden eggs left in the soup.
You could also eat it with fufu, banku, yam, potatoes or rice.

Enjoy and let me know how you liked it.

11 comments:

  1. your blog makes ghanaian food look absolutely stunning and wonderful

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    1. Thank you so much for your comment and that is exactly the point of my blog. We have such wonderful food here and it is a pleasure to share it with the world :)

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  2. hello
    Jemima i think you are the best. i followed the easysteps and for the first time i prepared a meal without the help of my wife.
    thank you
    Please post more foods.

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    1. Hi there, thanks for your comment. Let me know what food you would like to see me cook.

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  3. Hi Jemima,i have just fallen in love with your blog.Please i would like to see you cook fried rice and beef sauce with vegetables in it.Thanks for the good work you are doing.

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  4. I love your blog...two days ago i did the banku and okro stew. I love the way you have picture tutorial.

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  6. U are da best๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹

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  7. Thanks I enjoyed it but 10peppers' is too much my tongue was almost burned by the time I finished eating.

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  8. Thanks. Your steps worked perfectly for preparing light soup for my mum who's not feeling well right now.

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  9. my grandson age 9 made this recipe very nice

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