Tiny silver Lake Malawi fish, fried crisp or simmered with tomato and onion and eaten with nsima.
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Ingredients
🐟300g dried usipa (small lake fish)
🍅3 tomatoes, chopped
🧅1 onion, sliced
🫗3 tbsp cooking oil
🌶️1 fresh chilli, optional
🧂Salt
Method
Serves 2
1
Rinse the dried usipa in warm water several times to remove sand and some of the salt, then drain.
2
Fry the fish in the oil until crisp, then lift out.
3
Fry the onion in the same pan until soft, then add the tomatoes and chilli and cook to a thick sauce.
4
Return the fish, add a splash of water and simmer for 5–10 minutes.
5
Season and serve with nsima.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Usipa are small sardine-like fish caught at night in Lake Malawi and dried on racks along the shore; they are one of the most affordable and widely eaten relishes in the country.
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