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Kanyenya
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Kanyenya

8 ingredients 4 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

596
Calories
15g
Protein
15g
Fat
100g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Fish 1 tbsp (18ml) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooking oil (preferable sunflower oil)
  • 6 fresh fish, medium small (utaka, micheni or mkakani)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon chilli powder
  • 2 1/2 cups water
  • 2 clove garlic crushed
  • fresh lemon juice

Directions

1

Prepare the fish by cutting them open from top of the head to the tail not to exceeding the stomach, the aim is to have the inner sides exposed,.then clean the fish with warm water to rid of all the stomach contents. then mix the bread flour with your water in a sizeable bowl until the mixture is a fine paste, then add your salt, chill powder fresh lemon juice and crushed garlic to the paste.

2

then dip your fish into the paste mixture let it stand for about 20 minutes in order to marinade. heat up your cooking oil in a dip frying pan until the right temperature is reached. then with clean hands fish from the bowl roll them in the mixture in order to maximize on the volume of the paste on the fish then fry them in the hot oil until crispy brown.

3

Category:Malawian Recipes

4

Category:Malawian Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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