Abacha (African salad)

Name: Abacha (African salad)
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: Dried abacha (grated cassava or tapioca); Palm oil; Potash; Fried fish; leaves Garden egg; Crayfish; Fresh pepper; Ghana pepper; Onions; Seasoning cubes and salt; Grinded ehuru (African nut meg)

Andrea💛(Delish Cuisine) @cook_13615132

Bauchi State, Nigeria 🇳🇬

I've said it before and I'll always say it.
Abacha is my favorite meal.
And this particular one is indescribable 😋😊😀

Andrea💛(Delish Cuisine) @cook_13615132

Bauchi State, Nigeria 🇳🇬

I've said it before and I'll always say it.
Abacha is my favorite meal.
And this particular one is indescribable 😋😊😀

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Ingredients

Dried abacha (grated cassava or tapioca)
Palm oil
Potash
Fried fish
leavesGarden egg
Crayfish
Fresh pepper
Ghana pepper
Onions
Seasoning cubes and salt
Grinded ehuru (African nut meg)

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Steps

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Ingredients required!
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Put the dried abacha in a bowl, pour some water and soak for about 10mins. Drain to remove water. Set aside.
3

Put potash in a little bowl, and add water to it. Dissolve the potash.
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Chop the onions and pound the pepper. Set aside.
5

Wash and cut the garden egg leaves. Grind the crayfish with the ehuru seeds. Set aside.
6

In a pot, pour palm oil, add the potash water little by little and stir continuously until a thick yellowish paste is formed. Add the onions, pepper, crayfish, garden egg leaves, seasoning cubes and salt and stir everything together
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Then start adding the abacha you've soaked and drained little by little and stir well to ensure everything gets well mixed
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Mix until everything gets fully combined. Taste for salt/seasoning, add if necessary. Your abacha is ready.
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Serve with the fried fish. Garnish with garden egg leaves and chopped onions. Enjoy!

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Andrea💛(Delish Cuisine) @cook_13615132

on March 01, 2019 22:29

Bauchi State, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Cooking and baking has been my passion right from my childhood days. I've always spiced up my meals with love. I dream of bringing the world closer with these recipes.