PALM OIL FUFU WITH SEAFOOD SOUP| IVORIAN FOOD🇨🇮| AFRICAN FOOD| Shalou cuisine

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil offers a similar flavor profile with less saturated fat.

seafood mix

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Chicken is a lean protein alternative, while canned tuna is budget-friendly.

Peel the plantains and boil them with water and salt until well cooked.

Prepare the seafood sauce by adding fish and crabs to a pot.

Add tomatoes, onions, chili pepper, and garden egg to the pot with seafood.

Pour in palm oil and add water to the soup, seasoning with salt and optional maggi cubes.

Roast spices including smoked prawns, dry fish, dried chili, calabash nutmeg, and api seeds, then blend them.

Add the blended spices to the boiling soup along with halved garden egg and okra.

Add prawns to the soup last to avoid overcooking.

Remove the first batch of vegetables (tomatoes, onions, garden egg) from the soup, blend them, and return to the pot.

Heat palm oil with sliced onions for flavor before mixing it with the mashed plantains.

Mash the boiled plantains until smooth, then gradually mix in the palm oil.

Shape the fufu into balls or desired shapes.

Mix smoked prawns, dry fish, dried chili, and maggi cubes, then drizzle this mixture over the fufu.

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