I am cooking a special food for all of us.
That was the response she gave me with all smiles when I asked her what she was cooking. I was captured by the aroma that wafted from the kitchen, teased my taste buds and pulled me in to have a look and be part of the curlinary adventure.
I stayed around and by the time she was done, she served it with rice. The taste of the Catfish sauce lit up an excitement on my face (Oh! I think I have found a new favorite food). It was tasteful and flavourful with a balance of spices and the richness of the food made me fall in love with it. I mean, everyone enjoyed and loved the meal. It became my Mom's signature Catfish sauce for family bonding.
Till date, my mom loves to prepare it wherever we gather for a family occasion or she would leave it for my elder sister and me to prepare. There is a special excitement that lights up the house with the spirit of love and unity when we gather as one family. My little nephews and niece enjoy this sauce sooooo much that it gives their grandparents (my parents) so much joy.
Now let me share this special recipe.
My Mom loves to use big Catfish, just like this one, and so do I.
Ingredients
- Catfish.
- Freshly blended tomatoes, cayenne pepper and habanero pepper.
- Purple Onions.
- Fresh ginger and garlic (blended).
- Curry powder.
- Thyme.
- Mixed spices.
- Seasoning.
- Salt.
- Carrot.
- The three bell peppers (Green, Yellow and Red).
- Spring onions (also called green onions).
- Water.
- Vegetable oil.
Procedure
- Chop the vegetables and keep aside.
- Wash the Catfish very well with lemon or lime and put in a clean pot. (The lemon removes the slime on the Catfish).
- Add the curry powder, thyme, mixed spices, seasoning, salt, ginger, garlic and the purple onion. Pour some water and allow to cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add the blended tomatoes, cayenne pepper and habanero pepper and vegetable oil and allow to cook for some minutes.
- Stir but be careful so that the Catfish will not scatter.
- Add the chopped vegetables, stir and allow to cook for 1-2 minutes.
- The Catfish sauce is ready to be served with rice.
I love to do some platting before I eat and so I played with the rice, some stir-fried bell peppers and fried plantain.
This is my entry to the Dreemport and Ladies Of Hive Collaboration Contest for Week 2. Prompt by @cautiva-30.
Is there a special recipe or tradition that is associated with your mom (or mom figure) that you would love to share with us?
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Would you like to try out this special recipe?
Love from @winanda ❤️
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About Winanda
 | Winanda (Ikwuoma Winifred Diala) holds a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering. She embraced her passion and became a baker, recipe developer, creative writer, and food content creator. Composing songs, listening to music, and seeing movies, are a few of her hobbies. |
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Greetings @winanda that recipe of your mother as a symbol of family togetherness looks great, the end result looks delicious, thanks for sharing, a hug
Thanks so much. I'm glad to share it in this community. Thanks for visiting my blog. ❤️❤️
Thanks so much.
I love the look of that dish, and am salivating to try it out :) I am not so great at cooking so will have to do with buying a good fish dish to go with my rice tonight.
Thanks for putting up this fantastic recipe.
cheers from a fellow #dreemerforlife
Thanks so much @brijwhiz for your compliment and appreciating the recipe. It feels good that my recipe inspired you to have one for dinner. I hope you finally got a hood fish dish for yourself.
You're welcome. I appreciate you coming around dear dreemer.
That looks darn tasty, I must admit we don't really eat catfish in the UK but I know many countries do. I see you are a petroleum engineer, I was a Chemical Engineer and worked as a Process and Projects Engineer in the Oil & Gas Industry all oer the world!
Popped in from dreemport tonight #dreemerforlife
Yeah, it really tastes great. Oh! Really? I know some people don't like eating Catfish because of it's slime.
Yes, yes Tengo, we talked about this in one of my previous posts 😁. Let me bring it to you HERE. I wish I worked as a petroleum engineer after my graduation.
Good to have you here again dear dreemer @tengolotodo
Hehe yes I have had catfish in Nigeria and America off the top of my head.
haha my memory, now I remember, what a fluffing numpty I am.
Enjoy the weekend Winanda 😁
Hahaha...I'm sure you enjoyed it then.
Nah, I understand we don't remember everything everytime, I appreciated that chat.
Thanks so much Tengo. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and happy new week.