Nigerian Tomato Stew
If you've got fresh plum tomatoes, curry powder and seasoning cube, you're most of the way to this dish: about 65 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for frying pan / skillet and large pot. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention.
What you'll need
Shopping list (3)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: not verified. We could not confirm seasoning cube, maggi from the ingredient list, so we make no dietary claim for this recipe.
Contains: Peanut
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How to make it
- Roughly chop the plum tomatoes, one onion, the garlic and the scotch bonnet, then blend them to a smooth puree.
- Pour the blended mixture into a pot and boil uncovered over medium-high heat for 12 to 15 minutes to reduce the watery liquid and concentrate the flavour, stirring occasionally.
- While the puree reduces, thinly slice the second onion.
- Heat the groundnut oil in a separate wide pot over medium heat, add the sliced onion and fry for 3 to 4 minutes until softened and fragrant.
- Stir in the tomato paste and fry for 2 to 3 minutes until it darkens slightly, then pour in the reduced tomato puree.
- Add the thyme, curry powder, seasoning cubes and salt, then fry the stew, stirring regularly, for 15 to 20 minutes until the oil rises to the surface and the raw tomato taste is gone.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning, then serve the tomato stew with white rice, boiled yam or beans.
You'll use: Frying pan / skillet · Large pot · Saucepan · Blender
Tips & common questions
How long does Nigerian Tomato Stew take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Nigerian Tomato Stew suitable for my diet?
We make no dietary claim for this recipe: at least one ingredient could not be resolved to a definite plant or animal source, so labelling it either way would be a guess. The full ingredient list is above.
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Nigerian Tomato Stew is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Fish tomato stew.jpg (CC0) via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.