24/05/2024
African Salad(Abacha)
Shredded Cassava
2cooking spoon Palm oil
Crayfish
Garden egg leaves
Garden eggs for garnishing
Native paste seasoning
One tablespoon powdered Potash
Fresh bonnet peppers
Smoked Fish
Ponmo
Onions
Calabash Nutmeg ( Ehu Seeds)
Ugba (Shredded oil bean)
Seasoning cubes
Water
Salt
One cooking spoon vegetable oil for peppered ponmo
Tomatoes and extra peppers ( blended)
How To
Step1
Soak the cassava flakes in clean water for about 20minutes. Transfer to a sieve and set aside.
Step2
Before you start cooking, slice the leaves, blend the crayfish, tomatoes, diced the peppers and set aside. Roast the Ehu seeds, blend with the crayfish
Rinse the ponmo thoroughly and cook separately
If using fresh fish, cut, as desired, rinse, fry and set aside.
Step3
Heat little vegetable oil, sautΓ© onions and fry the blended tomatoes and peppers. Add seasoning cubes and salt . Add the ponmo, fish and Set aside .
Step4
Rinse the leafs, place in a separate sieve to drain water. Set aside.
Step5
In a small bowl, dissolve the potash as needed in one cooking spoon warm water, depending on how plenty you want the sauce to be.
Step6
In a bigger bowl or pot, add two cooking spoon palm oil, add one cooking spoon sieve potash liquid. Stir repeatedly about a minute or two to get a yellowish thick paste.
Step7
Add the blended crayfish and Ehu seeds
Add the shredded oil bean( Ugba), diced peppers and onions, add the native paste seasoning. Add seasoning cubes.
Stir everything to combine and taste for salt.
Step8
Add the shredded cassava, add the garden egg leaves and stir everything thoroughly to combine.
Place the pot on heat to cook for like 2 minutes.
Serve along side the peppered fish and ponmo, onions, and sliced garden eggs.