Fúti (Mixed Fula Dish)

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Fúti (Mixed Fula Dish)

Fúti (Mixed Fula Dish) is a traditional Guinean (from Guinea-Bissau) recipe for a classic dish of hibiscus leaf sauce in a pounded dried fish border served on a bed of rice. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Guinea-Bissau version of: Mixed Fula Dish (Fúti).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

50 minutes

Total Time:

70 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Spice Recipes Vegetable Recipes Guinea-bissau Recipes

This is a classic Guinea-Bissau dish that originates in the Fulani peoples. It may sound strange, but it is often served as a breakfast dish.

Ingredients

500g rice (the traditional rice used is steamed and then dried before cooking — quick-cook rice could be substituted)
100ml red palm oil
1 smoked and dried fish, flaked and with bones removed
1 tsp nététu (iru or fermented locust bean paste), pounded in a mortar
1l water
leaves from 1 bunch of hibiscus (baguitchi) stems
2 bitter tomatoes, quartered
3 fresh, ripe, tomatoes
200g fresh okra (candja) stem ends removed and finely sliced
salt and hot chilli powder, to taste

Method:

Bring a pan of water to a boil. Wash the rice, add to the pot and cook for 15 minutes. Blanch and peel the tomatoes, chop and set aside. Add the flaked fish to a mortar and pound to a paste.

Mix together the dried fish, locust bean paste and tomatoes. Pound together and moisten with the red palm oil. Season with salt and hot chilli powder and set aside.

For the sauce, strip the hibiscus leaves from the stems. Add to a pot with the bitter tomatoes and okra. Pour in the water, bring to a boil and cook for about 25 minutes or until tender.

Pound the mixture to a paste in a mortar.

To serve, arrange the rice on a serving dish. Make a border with the fish paste and arrange the okra and hibiscus leaf paste in the centre. Serve immediately.