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Cookbook:Mufete

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Mufete
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Mufete is a traditional dish from Angola. It is made with grilled fish served with cassava, sweet potatoes, plantains, beans cooked in palm oil, and onion tomato sauce.

Ingredients

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  • 2 whole fish (tilapia, mackerel, or snapper)
  • 2 cups cooked beans
  • 3 tablespoons palm oil
  • 2 onions
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper
  • Cassava (yuca)
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Plantains

Procedure

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  • Clean the fish and season with salt, pepper, garlic, and lemon juice. Leave it for 20 minutes.
  • Grill the fish or bake it until it is well cooked and golden brown.
  • Heat palm oil in a pot. Add chopped onions, tomatoes, and garlic. Stir for a few minutes.
  • Add the cooked beans and allow it to simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Peel and boil the cassava and sweet potatoes until soft.
  • Boil or fry the plantains.
  • Prepare onion sauce by mixing chopped onions, tomatoes, little oil, lemon juice, and salt.

Serve the grilled fish with cassava, sweet potatoes, plantains, beans, and onion sauce together on a tray.