Smoorsnoek with Cabbage

Name: Smoorsnoek with Cabbage
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: South Africa
Ingredients: 4 potatoes, quartered; 1 kg dried salted snoek water; 2 onions, thinly sliced; 30 ml sunflower oil; 1 medium cabbage, shredded; 5 ml crushed garlic; 1 dried red chilli or 5 ml crushed dried chillies; 5 ml sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

A traditional dish that goes back a long way. In Malay households fish is generally served on a Monday after the rich spicy foods eaten on the weekend.

Ingredients

1 kg dried salted snoek water
2 onions, thinly sliced
30 ml

Africa
South Africa
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Soak snoek in water for 1 hour. Drain, cover with fresh water and boil until cooked, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, braise onions in heated oil until quite brown, about 10 minutes. Add cabbage and garlic, and cook, covered, until cabbage is lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Add chilli and sugar. Add potatoes and simmer, covered, until potatoes are cooked, about 15 minutes.

Drain and flak