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Omena

Kenya

What we know so far

Omena are the tiny silver fish of Lake Victoria, sun-dried on the shore and sold by the tin all over Kenya (dagaa in Tanzania, "Kisumu boys" as a Nairobi joke). Cooking them well is a skill: the dried fish are picked over, soaked in hot water with vinegar or lemon to take away the sand and the strong smell, briefly fried, then simmered in a thick tomato, onion, garlic and ginger sauce with chilli and finished with lemon juice and coriander. Eaten with ugali, they are the cheapest protein in the country and a taste people either love or come to love.

The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 ingredients and 7 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

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Waiting for a cook

Omena

Kenya

What we know so far

The draft was written from 2 published sources and holds 11 ingredients and 7 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.

What claiming it means

Cook it the way you actually make it. Change anything in our draft that is wrong, and most of it probably is.
Photograph your own, so the page carries a real picture instead of somebody else's.
Send it in. An editor reads it, and it publishes with your name on it and a link to your profile.

See every dish waiting