Baked Curried Fish (Mtuza wa Samaki)

Submitted by Anonymous

 

Ingredients

2 pounds white fish, bones removed

3 large yellow onions, sliced

2 tablespoons canola oil

2 chili peppers or 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

3 cloves of garlic

4 medium size tomatoes or 6 oz. tomato paste

1/2 cup white vinegar

1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon

salt to taste

 

 Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Lay the fish in a baking pan.

  3. Heat oil to a moderate temperature and fry the onion slices until they are transparent.

  4. Arrange over the fish.

  5. Combine the remaining ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth (or crush chilies and garlic with a mortar and pestle and mash tomatoes well with a fork before combining with other ingredients)

  6. Pour over fish, cover the pot, and simmer about 30 minutes until fish is just cooked.