Catfish pepper soup
Ingredients
800 grams catfish
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1.2 litres of water
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8 Calabash nutmegs
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10 Njangsa seeds
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Some ginger
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1 teaspoon of tomato paste
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Salt to taste
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Scotch bonnet pepper
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Spring onions
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1 small red onion
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2 stock cubes
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1 tablespoon of crayfish
Method
Clean the fish (I use lemon , I don't believe in pouring hot water over catfish before cooking)
Crush the crayfish, calabash nutmegs and njangsa seeds
Combine the crushed ingredients +ginger &water, blend till smooth
In a clean pot , Add diced green and red onion, scotch bonnet pepper,seasoning cubes, salt and tomato paste
Then pour in the blended mixture
Bring to a boil. Let it boil for 10 minutes.
Add the fish and cook for 10 minutes. Taste for salt.