Saturday, October 24, 2009

Benachin


Cooking Ingredients:
1. 2 lbs fresh fish
2. 2 cups of vegetable oil
3. 6 cups of water
4. 1 medium fresh tomato
5. 4 tbsp tomato paste
6. 2 large onions
7. 1 small cabbage
8. 2 medium carrots
9. 1 bay leaf
10. 4 cups of rice
11. Salt and pepper to taste
 


Cooking Method:
1. Clean and cut fish in halves.
      
2. Fry the fish in the vegetable oil until both sides are brown.
      
3. Remove fish and add onions, fresh tomato and paste to the hot oil and fry until brown.
      
4. Pour water and bring to boil, then include cabbage, carrots, bay leaf, and seasonings, reduce heat and simmer for 20 mins.
      
5. Remove vegetables and add the rice while continuously stirring.
      
6. Reduce heat and cover the pot. Simmer for 10 mins.
      
• Benachin is sometimes referred to as cheebu / chebu jen in Senegalese.

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1 comment:

  1. Hi I'm a finnish girl and I love benachin ! <3 I tasted it first time when I was in London with my gambian friend.

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