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Ingredients
- 4 ripe plantains
- 600 g fish (tilapia, capitaine or smoked fish)
- Frying oil
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 tomatoes, crushed
- 2 garlic cloves
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt, chili
Method
- 01 Season the fish with salt, pepper and lemon. Brown in a pan or grill. Set aside.
- 02 Peel the plantains, slice and fry until golden. Drain and salt.
- 03 Optional short sauce: sweat onion and garlic, add tomatoes and a splash of water, 8 minutes. Spoon over the fish.
- 04 Plate makemba and mbisi together. Serve at once.
Makemba na mbisi is not a new technique—it is the plate pairing of fried plantains and fish (grilled, fried or smoked). In Kinshasa and across the provinces it is one of the most requested compositions.
In the same spirit
Other recipes close by territory or by gesture.
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Makemba
Makemba recipe: ripe plantains fried golden outside and soft within — Congolese side or snack across the DRC.
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Grilled fish
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Mbisi ya kokalinga
Fish fried or grilled until the skin is crisp and the flesh stays moist.
25 min prep · 20 min cook