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Lowumbo (Ugandan Steamed Fish)

Lowumbo (Ugandan Steamed Fish) is a traditional Ugandan recipe for a classic dish of fish coated in a mix of tomatoes, onions, chillies and bouillon cube that's steamed in banana leaves. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ugandan version of: Ugandan Steamed Fish (Lowumbo).

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

45 minutes

Total Time:

65 minutes

Additional Time:

(+cooling)

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Chilli RecipesUganda Recipes


Ingredients:

1 whole fresh fish (about 750g) cleaned and scaled
1 Maggi or bouillon cube
2 banana leaves
100g finely-chopped onions
100g finely-chopped tomatoes
1 medium chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground cumin
salt and black pepper

Method:

Mix the Maggi or bouillon cube with the salt, black pepper, chilli and cumin in a pestle and mortar. Grind to a paste and use to season the fish. Lay the banana leaves side by side (frozen banana leaves can be bought in oriental stores, if you can't find them use dock leaves, or, at a pinch greaseproof paper) and place some of the onion and tomato in the centre and place the fish on top.

Sprinkle the remaining onion and tomato over the fish. Wrap the fish securely in the leaves and place in a pan of boiling water to cook. Allow to steam for about 35 minutes.

Take out of the water and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Unwrap the banana leaves and serve the fish with rice.