Fouti lafidi is a vegetarian dish from Guinea consisting of okra, garden eggs, African palm oil, and spices. You can add fish or protein if you desire. You can eat this dish any time, be it morning, afternoon, or evening.
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Despite the modernization of fouti, I’ll focus on the original recipe with grilled fish as a source of protein. Besides, you can replace fish with any form of meat if you want to.
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How to Prepare Guinean Fouti
Ingredients
- 2 lemon
- 2 Hilsa Fish
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 Maggi cube
- 1 onion, sliced
- 3 garden eggs
- Dried tamarind
- 8 medium okras
- 1 cup of palm oil
- 2 large eggplants
- 1/2 cup soumbara
- 1 pack of dried prawns
- 2 scotch bonnet peppers
- 1 handful of dried shrimp
- 1 tbsp powdered pepper
Instructions
- First, wash the hilsa fish and make small cuts on the sides.
- Drizzle the lemon juice on the fish and make sure it soaks in the lines you made on the fish
- Sprinkle some salt, powdered pepper, and maggi cube on the fish.
- Turn the fish to the opposite side and repeat steps 2 and 3. Set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
- Wash the vegetables, cut the head of the okra, and put aside
- Cut off the heads of the garden eggs and eggplants and divide them into two.
- Put the vegetables together in a pot of water and boil on medium heat
- Add the scotch bonnet pepper to the boiling vegetables.
- Further, remove the vegetable from the boiling water when it’s cooked and set the broth aside.
- Then, place the fish in the oven at this point and grill over medium heat
- Put the palm oil in a Dutch oven and put on medium heat
- Add the sliced onions to the palm oil and sauté for 2 minutes
- Add the dried shrimp. This adds a unique taste to the fouti
- Unpack the dried prawns and add to the oil
- Soak the dried tamarind in water and add to the fouti
- Next, place the cooked vegetables into a blender and blend until semi-smooth
- Pour the blended vegetables into a bowl and add spices
- Transfer the palm oil with onions and pawns into a bowl and set aside
- Scoop boiled rice into a plate and dish some fouti on top
- Sprinkle some of the palm oil mixture on the rice and fouti
- Equally important, scoop some soumbara and sprinkle on the rice
- Finally, add the grilled fish on the side and serve.
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Barrifemme’s style of cooking is primarily influenced by African cuisine. She is originally from Gambia and loves sharing recipes from Africa and across the world.
Guinean Fouti
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lemon sliced
- 2 Hilsa Fish
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 Maggi cube
- 1 onion sliced
- 3 garden eggs
- Dried tamarind
- 8 medium okras
- 1 cup of palm oil
- 2 large eggplants
- 1/2 cup soumbara
- 1 pack of dried prawns
- 2 scotch bonnet peppers
- 1 handful of dried shrimp
- 1 tbsp powdered pepper
Instructions
- Wash the hilsa fish and make small cuts on the sides.
- Drizzle the lemon juice on the fish and make sure it soaks in the lines you made on the fish
- Sprinkle some salt, powdered pepper, and maggi cube on the fish.
- Turn the fish to the opposite side and repeat steps 2 and 3. Set aside to marinate for 20 minutes.
- Wash the vegetables, cut the head of the okra, and set aside
- Cut off the heads of the garden eggs and eggplants and divide them into two.
- Put the vegetables together in a pot of water and boil on medium heat
- Add the scotch bonnet pepper to the boiling vegetables.
- Remove the vegetable from the boiling water when it’s cooked and set the broth aside
- Place the fish in the oven at this point and grill over medium heat
- Put the palm oil in a Dutch oven and put on medium heat
- Add the sliced onions to the palm oil and sauté for 2 minutes
- Add the dried shrimp. This adds a unique taste to the fouti
- Unpack the dried prawns and add to the oil
- Soak the dried tamarind in water and add to the fouti
- Put the cooked vegetables into a blender and blend until semi-smooth
- Pour the blended vegetables into a bowl and add spices
- Transfer the palm oil with onions and pawns into a bowl and set aside
- Scoop boiled rice into a plate and dish some fouti on top
- Sprinkle some of the palm oil mixture on the rice and fouti
- Scoop some soumbara and sprinkle on the rice
- Add the grilled fish on the side and serve.
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