MombasaFish
Uwono
Tiny fish with intense savoury flavour. Crispy frying, spiced dishes, with ugali.
KES 600 per kg
| English name | Anchovies |
|---|---|
| Swahili name | Uwono |
| Scientific name | Stolephorus spp. |
| Family | Engraulidae (anchovies) |
| Caught | Shimoni and the Pemba Channel, Kwale County |
| Method | Handline and small-net fishing from open wooden boats |
| Sold by | Per kilogram |
| Price | KES 600 / kg |
~130 kcal · 20 g protein · 5 g fat · very high in calcium, omega-3 and B12
Tiny, cheap and nutritionally dense. Eaten whole, they are one of the best calcium sources available, and among the lowest-mercury fish in the sea.
Nutritional values are approximate, per 100 g raw edible portion, and vary with size and season. This is general information, not medical or dietary advice.
Fry crisp in seasoned flour and eat like a snack. Also stewed with tomato, or dried and used to build depth in a stew.
Goes well with: Ugali, tomato stew, lime, chilli
Every order is cleaned to your preference — scaled, gutted, filleted, cut into steaks or left whole. Choose at checkout.
Keep on ice or in the coldest part of the fridge (0–4 °C) and cook within 2 days of delivery. To freeze, pat dry, wrap tightly and freeze at −18 °C; use within 3 months. Never refreeze fish that has thawed.
Keeps: 2 days refrigerated · 3 months frozen
Every fish is looked over by hand before it is packed. These are the four things we check, and they are the same four you should check when it reaches you.
Then it is packed. On ice, in a sealed EPS cooler that holds cold for up to 72 hours. Mombasa goes the same day by rider; everywhere else travels by express courier or bus.
Do these four checks yourself when it arrives. If any of them fails, send one photograph within 24 hours and we replace the item or refund it — we never ask you to send fish back. Read the guarantee.
Uwono (anchovies) are smaller and finer; simusimu (sardines) are larger and oilier. Both are eaten whole.
At this size, no. Fry them as they are.
