With warm water soak the tapioca for 3 to 5 minutes, drain and set aside

Roast the cayenne pepper till it turns black, pound and set aside, soak the potash in a small bowl with water

Cut the onion and utazi leaf

In a dry clean pot, pour the oil allow to heat up a little then pour your onion let it fry for some minute

Then add the pepper, crayfish and seasoning cube fry for 2minutes and put off the heat

Now pour in your tapioca(at this point you can add dry fish if you are using it),add the oil beans and mix to combine, adjust the taste if need be

Little by little sieve in the water from the potash into your abacha continue mixing until you get your desired consistency (be careful at this point to avoid sand)

Garnish with sliced utazi leaf and fried fish and serve

NB: you can also add sliced onion,garden egg and fresh pepper while garnishing