Blend the peppers, onions and locust beans to make the blended mix.
Mix the stock cubes, shrimp and crayfish powder with the blended mix.
Grill the already prepared assorted meat for 20 mins.
Soak the catfish and barracuda fillets in water for 5 mins.
Heat up the palm oil in a pot for 4 mins.
Pour the blended mix into this pot and place on the stove.
Add the liquid stock (the by-product from the assorted meat preparation) in addition to water (totaling 250 ml for both) and cook for 20 mins.
You will note that the mix will darken.
Add the cooked meat, catfish and barracuda fillets and cook for 20-30 mins stirring periodically.
Serve with boiled white rice and plantain (as per recipe).
OUR CHEF
Recipe of The Market girl.
Folashade Olushanu is a wife, mother, friend, confidante, lover of God and so much more.
Cooking has been a source of release for her throughout her life, with the local market in her native Nigeria being her first experience in selling her dishes to expectant customers. Folashade has since opened restaurants, catered for significant occasions and most importantly satisfied the seemingly insatiable demands of seven growing children!
With her first cookbook, Folashade is living one of her core passions – and with it he seeks to empower a generation in the kitchen.