Asa Key Wat (Spicy Ethiopian Fish Stew)
Dietary and allergen labels, nutrition and cost are worked out automatically from each recipe’s ingredients and are a guide only. Check the labels on what you buy yourself — especially for allergies or coeliac disease. More about recipe labels.
Opens Equal House and puts it on the night you choose. No app yet? It’s free, and the recipe comes with you when you install it.
Ingredients
- 600 g skinless cod fillets
- 3 red onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 15 g fresh ginger
- 2 tbsp berbere spice blend
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 lemon
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 257 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbohydrate
- 13 g
- of which sugars
- 8.6 g
- Fat
- 8.5 g
- of which saturates
- 0.9 g
- Fibre
- 4.2 g
- Salt
- 0.43 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Peel and finely chop the red onions, then cook in the vegetable oil over low heat for 10 minutes until soft.
- 2
Stir in the garlic, ginger and berbere spice blend and cook for 2 minutes, then add the tomato puree and 300ml water and simmer for 10 minutes.
- 3
Cut the cod into large chunks and lower into the sauce.
- 4
Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes, without stirring too much, until the fish is opaque and cooked through.
- 5
Squeeze over the lemon juice and serve with flatbreads.

Plan your meals — and share the cooking
Equal House builds your shopping list by aisle, times the cooking for dinner, and shares it out fairly. Free to start.
Free to start on your iPhone Free to start on your Android phone Free to start · No ads · Your family's data stays yours.