Samaki wa Kupaka

Name: Samaki wa Kupaka
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Tanzanian
Ingredients: 1 whole fish, cleaned; 1 cup coconut milk; 2 tbsp chili paste; Juice of 1 lime

Samaki wa Kupaka/sah-MAH-kee wah koo-PAH-kah/

About this dish

Grilled fish basted in a spiced coconut sauce, popular along the Tanzanian coast.

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Ingredients

🐟1 whole fish, cleaned

🥥1 cup coconut milk

🌶️2 tbsp chili paste

🍋Juice of 1 lime

Method

Serves 3

Marinate the fish in lime juice and salt.

Grill the fish over coals until nearly cooked.

Simmer coconut milk with chili paste until slightly thickened.

Baste the grilled fish generously with the coconut sauce and return to the grill briefly.

Serve with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Samaki wa kupaka is a Swahili coastal dish, showing the region's strong reliance on coconut milk and fresh seafood.

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