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Land Area: 1,030,700km2
Population: ~3,359,185
Capital: Nouakchott GDP (PPP) per capita: $2,121 Official Language: Arabic Known For: Desertification |
Mum had teased me that I would find it impossible to find a traditional Mauritainian dish to cook so I had a bit of a chuckle when the very first website I clicked on had the perfect recipe: the national dish of Mauritania, Thieboudiene.
This dish, composed of seasoned fish, stewed vegetables and rice is quite straight forward and contains ingredients most people would have readily available (with the exception of okra; we also didn't have cabbage or eggplant on hand but I threw in kumara/sweet potato and some kale for a bit of variety).
While the recipe calls for the fish to be deep fried, Mum and I both try to watch our grease and oil intake so I pan-fried the seasoned fish and set it aside before gently reheating it to lay on top of the finished rice and vegetables before serving. Both the fish seasoning (red pepper, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper) and the sauce that forms from stewing the vegetables (in tomato paste, onion, garlic and water) are very simple and yet remarkably tasty!
I perhaps went a little overboard with the quantity of vegetables I used so my final dish ended up being a highly fortified version of the one pictured in the original recipe (which I suspect is the non-tomato version) but it tasted great and I'd happily make Thieboudiene again...although I'd use less water and try and make my sauce a bit thicker next time!
(Again, appologies for having no photo of our dish...we started taking photos after the first week, I promise)
Rating (out of 5):
Thieboudiene 4/5
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