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Fasikh

Also known as: فسيخ

Sudanese salted-fish preparation cooked with tomato, aromatics and peanut butter.

About Fasikh

Nada Abu Zaid describes the Sudanese preparation of fasikh as a distinct local style using salted fish, tomato, onion and peanut butter. This version selects her original fasikh recipe rather than the separate canned-tuna alternative.

Green hot chilli, black pepper, dried coriander and cumin season the fish mixture. Tomato paste deepens the tomato flavour, peanut butter adds richness, and lemon juice provides a sharp finishing note.

The fish is blended with the vegetables before the mixture cooks into a concentrated sauce. The finished fasikh is transferred to a serving dish, with no separate accompaniment or precise service-temperature category prescribed.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Fish, Peanut.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Fasikh

Nada Abu Zaid’s Sudanese cooked fasikh with peanut butter.

Prepared fasikh (salted fish)Protein
Green hot chilliSeasoningIngredient page not linked
OnionsAromatic
TomatoBase
GarlicAromatic
Black pepperSeasoning
Dried corianderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
CuminSeasoning
Tomato pasteBase
Peanut butterSeasoning
WaterLiquid
Corn oilCooking medium
Lemon juiceFinish

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

Prepared fasikh (salted fish): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Broader fermented-fish candidate; primary19/26 names prepared fasikh, traditional Sudanese salted-fermented identity corroborated by study. Fish positive, exact species/salt/production formula unresolved.
Green hot chilli: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual green hot pods27; species/cultivar unknown.
Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Dried coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal الكزبرة الجافة32, exact dried leaf/seed/ground form unresolved.
Cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Form unprovided33.
Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Peanut butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanut source-confirmed. Literal زبدة الفول السوداني35 confirms Peanut; full product formula unknown.
Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Blending36/47 and later boiling-water37/52 allocations consolidated.
Corn oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only53 retained, not listed top-level original branch.

Origins & food traditions

Countries

Sudan
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Cuisines & regions

Sudanese Cuisine
Sudanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review

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Sources & references

Nada Abu Zaid’s Sudanese cooked fasikh with peanut butter