What better way to start the weekend than with a warm dish from Cote d’Ivoire! This is The African Magazine‘s suggestion. Enjoy and please share.

Biokosso

A dish from Côte d’Ivoire

by chef Okou, courtesy Hôtel Ibis, Abidjan

Ingredients (serving 5)

• 5 small-to-mid size fresh fish

• 1 pound eggplant

• 1 large onion

• 2 tablespoon oil

• 3 fresh tomatoes

• fine salt

• 2 Maggi cubes

• 1 cup water

• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper

Method

• Cut and boil eggplant and tomatoes for 15 minutes

• Add 1⁄2 cup water and blend

• In a skillet brown chopped onion in oil

• Add blended mixture and Maggi cubes

• Season with salt and ground pepper

• Season fish and wrap in fresh green leaves (or aluminum foil) and grill on charcoal

• Add fish to mixture, Check seasoning

Serve with rice

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