Wombedima Litaaba-Akila

Recipe: Attieke aux Poissons (Fermented and grated Cassava with Fish)

Source: This recipe is a popular Ivorian Food ( From Ivory Coast, in West Africa)
List of ingredients:

• Attieke : 300g of fermented and grated Cassava (found in an Asian store, Brooklyn park)
• Salmon: 1 fillet (0.98lb)
• Smoked Sausage: 3
• Knor: Chicken flavor Bouillon
• Tomatoes: 3
• Onions : 1
• Epices Melange: Mixture of spices (garlic, ginger, green anise, coriander, pepper, nutmeg)
• Red pepper.
• ½ cup of water.

Procedure:

Step 1: Salmon seasoning

-        Cut the Salmon in 3 parts.

-        Mix 2 teaspoon of the Chicken flavor Bouillon with 2 tables spoon in a small jar and apply the mixture to the pieces of Salmon.

-        Let the fish marinate for 15 to 20 minutes

Step 2: Dicing Onions, sausages and tomatoes to make the sauce

In this step we are going to incorporate the dicing Technic we learned in class. The process of dicing the onions, sausages and tomatoes consists in cutting them longitudinally and then in the width direction, so we can obtain these products in small Ds as shown on the picture 2.

To make the sauce it is essential to start by frying the onions in a first part for 5 minutes, before adding the dicing tomatoes, sausages and the 3 spices (Chicken flavor Bouillon, Mixture of spices, and the red pepper). You need to do that because the dicing onions take more time to cook. The cooking time for the tomatoes lasts 3 minutes. It is important to point out that you need to stir continuously and delicately while cooking the dicing onions and tomatoes

Step 3: Fry the 3 pieces of Salmon with 3 teaspoon of coconut oil (concentrate, NOT liquid)

Step 4: Cooking the Attieke  

Put the 300g of Attieke in a glass container and mix it with 1 teaspoon of Knor (Chicken flavor Bouillon) and ½ cup of water. Then put the mixture in the microwave for 2 minutes, mixt it, and put it back in the microwave for two more minutes.

Conclusion

For this recipe, everything worked well as you can see on picture 3. However, the tomatoes where a little overcooked. Next time I should try to reduce their cooking time to 2 minutes.

Pictures

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3