African Peanut Stew with Fish

February 11, 2021

African Peanut Stew with Fish

Mafe is a popular Senegalese spicy tomato peanut butter stew and there are different variations eaten in various West African countries. It can be made vegan, gluten-free and even keto but that is completely left to the choice of the individual.

It's a wholesome combination of veggies, tomato paste, spices, peanut butter and meat/tofu.

I have adapted the recipe from the blog of Sarah from "Making thyme for health" who has made the stew with sweet potatoes, onion, jalapeños and collard greens. https://www.makingthymeforhealth.com/one-pot-african-peanut-stew/

In this post I am making the stew with fish but if you are making it with chicken I will link the recipe at the end one can use.

So let's jump into the ingredients

Serving 4 - 5

Ingredients

Basa Fish - 6 to 8 small square pieces
Onion finely chopped - 1nos
Red /Green Bell Pepper finely chopped- 1nos
Garlic Cloves minced- 2Tbsp
Ginger minced - 2Tbsp
Tomato Paste*- 3Tbsp
Carrots*- 2 medium size
Peanut Butter *- 1/2 cup unsweetened creamy
5 cups vegetable broth/water
Cauliflower Rice/Steamed Rice/Brown Rice

Seasonings

Salt

Cumin powder

Coriander powder

Paparika

Cayenne Pepper

Note

*The stew is traditionally spicy but as I could not get my hands on jalapeños, I made the tomato paste at home using 100gm of tomatoes and 2 green chillies.

*The original recipe calls for sweet potatoes/potatoes whereas I have used carrots. The choice of veggies is completely left to the individual.

* I did not use the store peanut butter whereas just blended roasted peanuts to a creamy consistency.

Preperation

Veggies prepped

Home-made Tomato paste and Peanut Butter

Method

Step 1

Marinate the pieces of fish with salt and black pepper. In a large pot over medium heat slightly fry the fish. Keep aside

Pic - Basa fish which I cut into 2.

Step 2

In the same oil add the onion, sprinkle with salt and cook for 3 minutes, until translucent. Add the garlic,ginger, cumin, coriander powder and cayenne pepper then stir together and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the bell peppers and carrots and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 3

Add the tomato paste and stir together.

Add the peanut butter, vegetable broth/water and stir together till the peanut butter blends then bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook for 15 minutes.