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Fish and Dried Mallow Leaf Stew

Fish and Dried Mallow Leaf Stew is a modern African Fusion recipe (based on a Nigerian original) for a classic fish stew in a chilli and tomato sauce that's thickened with okra and dried common mallow leaves. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic African Fusion version of: Fish and Dried Mallow Leaf Stew.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

25 minutes

Total Time:

45 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating:

Tags : Chilli RecipesVegetable RecipesFusion RecipesAfrican-fusion Recipes

Dried leaves that yield a mucilaginous thickening agent are a staple of West African cookery. What is little known is that the British wild plant, Common Mallow is a close relative of Egyptian melokhia and the leaves are both edible and can be dried as a thickening agent. This recipe is an adaptation of a Nigerian original modified to use dried common mallow leaves and ingredients more easily sourced in Europe.

Ingredients:

225g mallow leaf powder
225g dried, ground, okra (or fresh okra, finely chopped and pounded to a paste)
1 fresh chilli
4 fresh tomatoes
1 small onion, sliced
500g dry or fresh fish
6 tbsp sesame oil
1l stock or water
salt to taste

Method:

Wash and clean a fish (if it's fresh season with salt and black pepper). Grind the tomatoes, onion and chilli to a paste in a food processor. Pour the stock into a large pot and add the tomato paste and the sesame oil. Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, cut the fish into steaks some 3cm thick, add these and cook for 15 minutes.

Add the okra and common mallow leaves then cook for a further 10 minutes. Season to taste and serve hot on a bed of rice or noodles.