Matemba

Name: Matemba
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Zimbabwean
Ingredients: 300g dried matemba fish; 2 tomatoes, chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 1 chile, chopped

Matemba/mah-TEM-bah/

Also known as: Dried Kapenta

About this dish

Small dried kapenta fish fried and simmered with tomato and onion.

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Ingredients

🐟300g dried matemba fish

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

🧅1 onion, chopped

🌶️1 chile, chopped

Method

Serves 2

Rinse the dried fish and soak briefly to soften.

Fry the fish lightly in oil.

Sauté onion until softened, then add tomato and chile.

Combine the fish with the tomato mixture and simmer briefly.

Serve with sadza.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Matemba are small dried fish widely eaten across Zimbabwe as an affordable source of protein.

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