Whether you call them eggplants, garden eggs, or aubergines, they make for a really delicious stew. In the absence of aubergines or eggplants, garden eggs can be used. It is commonly served with ampesi (boiled unripe plantains) or boiled yam, and is enjoyed all over Ghana.
Cut off the stalks of the eggplant and slice each into cubes then add them in a sauce pot with water just to the level of the eggplants and boil for 15 – 20 minutes.
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Wash and soak salted fish (koobie), strain and keep aside.
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Blend half onion, ginger, garlic, scotch bonnet and salt to a smooth paste. Blend the black peppercorn and rosemary, set aside.
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Fry the chopped onions in coconut oil for 1 minute. Add Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix and the blended mixture, shrimp seasoning and salt to taste and continue to stir regularly for about 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.
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Add the egg plants and boiled salted fish, smoked tuna and blended spices to the stew. Allow the stew to simmer on low to medium heat stirring occasionally for another 5 minutes.
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Calculated automatically from 2 of 14 ingredients. This is an incomplete subtotal, not the full recipe’s nutrition.
Calories
57 kcal
Fat
0.2 g
Carbohydrate
13.2 g
Protein
1.8 g
Standard USDA sizes assumed for Red Onion. Exact portions and food assumptions are listed below.
Not included: pieces fresh eggplants, 1 medium piece salted fish (koobie), 1-piece fresh ginger, scotch bonnet pepper, Black peppercorn to taste, rosemary, 4 tablespoons coconut oil (or palm oil), Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix, Shrimp seasoning cube to taste, 1-piece smoked tuna, White pepper powder to taste, Salt to taste.
pieces fresh eggplants: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
1 medium piece salted fish (koobie): Preparation or edible yield differs from an unqualified food. Review the matching USDA food and edible grams.
1-piece fresh ginger: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
scotch bonnet pepper: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Black peppercorn to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
rosemary: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
4 tablespoons coconut oil (or palm oil): This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Shrimp seasoning cube to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
1-piece smoked tuna: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
White pepper powder to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Salt to taste: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Full nutrition label & calculation notes
Nutrition Facts
Estimated subtotal · included ingredients only
2 of 14 ingredients included. Excluded ingredients are not counted in the amounts or % Daily Values.
Serving count is unknown. Amounts and % Daily Values below apply to the whole original recipe’s included ingredients.
Amount per original recipe
Calories57
Estimated nutrition facts for included ingredients only
Amount per original recipe
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.2 g
0%
Saturated Fat 0.1 g
0%
Trans Fat 0 g
—
Cholesterol 0 mg
0%
Sodium 5.9 mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate 13.2 g
5%
Dietary Fiber 2.1 g
7%
Total Sugars 4.8 g
—
Includes Added Sugars Unavailable
—
Protein 1.8 g
—
Vitamin D 0 µg
0%
Calcium 41.6 mg
3%
Iron 0.4 mg
2%
Potassium 196.7 mg
4%
Nutrient data notes
A nutrient amount is unavailable when any included ingredient lacks that source value.
Includes Added Sugars: USDA data missing for Red Onion, Garlic.
* Percent Daily Values use FDA reference values for adults and children aged 4 and over, based on a 2,000 calorie diet. They apply to the amount shown above.
— means no % Daily Value is shown. Trans fat and total sugars have no established Daily Value; protein %DV is omitted because protein-quality data is unavailable. Missing nutrient amounts are not treated as zero.
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
1 medium piece salted fish (koobie)
Excluded: Preparation or edible yield differs from an unqualified food. Review the matching USDA food and edible grams.
1 red onion
110 g edible ingredient. Standard size assumed: 1 × USDA medium (2-1/2" dia); 1 portion = 110 g.
Onions are estimated using USDA raw onions. Red and other onion varieties can differ. USDA source ↗
1-piece fresh ginger
Excluded: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
3 cloves garlic
9 g edible ingredient. USDA portion: 1 clove = 3 g.
Raw peeled garlic. A bare count is not assumed to mean cloves. USDA source ↗
4 scotch bonnet pepper
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Black peppercorn to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
¼ teaspoons rosemary
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
4 tablespoons coconut oil (or palm oil)
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
8 tablespoons Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix
Excluded: No quantifiable edible weight or reliable USDA food match is available.
Shrimp seasoning cube to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
1-piece smoked tuna
Excluded: A quantity range or combined measures needs a confirmed edible weight.
White pepper powder to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Salt to taste
Excluded: This ingredient has a choice, mixed foods, an unspecified package or an unquantified amount. Review the food and edible grams.
Values use ingredient nutrients per 100 g and food-specific USDA portion weights. Cups, tablespoons and teaspoons use US measures. Pinches, handfuls, “to taste” and unspecified package sizes are excluded. Common counted foods use the stated size or a documented standard USDA portion when a count is supplied; these assumptions are identified above. Other unspecified counts remain excluded.
Assumes included ingredients are retained. Cooking losses, drained liquids, discarded oil, alcohol evaporation and changes in water content are not modeled. Missing nutrient values are shown as unavailable, not zero.
Source: USDA FoodData Central. Data retrieved . These are automatically calculated estimates, not a laboratory analysis.
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