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Wali Wa Samaki = Fish Rice Recipe

Yields1 ServingPrep Time10 minsCook Time25 minsTotal Time35 mins

Wali wa samaki is a Swahili dish consisting of fish and rice. The fish is usually grilled or fried, and the rice is usually spiced and cooked in coconut milk.

 ½ kilo fish (preferably salmon), half boiled, stripped from the bones and cut into small pieces
 1 large fresh minced onion
 ¼ cup of vermicelli broken to small pieces
 2 medium sized fresh carrots, cut into tiny pieces or grated
 1 cube magi soup
 2 cups of rice
 1 cup of water
 1 tea spoon salt
1

Boil the rice well and add some salt to taste. Pour out all the water and leave the rice in a sieve.

2

Stir fry the fish, onion, vermicelli and carrots in a wide pan until onions get cooked but not burnt.

3

Add 1 cup of water into the frying pan and drop in the magi soup cube. Keep steering until water starts boiling and the soup is fully dissolved.

4

Take the rice from the sieve and put into a medium sized cooking dish, add all the contents from the frying pan and stir gently (with wooden spoon / spatula). Put in a low fire for 5 minutes. Stir one more time and take off from the fire. Keep to cool a little and serve.