Abacha (without potash)

Uboho
Uboho @yubbieothman

I love eating abacha, but after having to buy it from some vendors whose stalls are really far away from where I live I decided to learn to make it myself. I combed through YouTube for potash-free recipes and now I have something that works for me.

Dear Igbo friends, I'm sorry if I have adulterated the abacha recipe. Please forgive me in advance 😊😊

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Ingredients

20mins
2/3 people
  1. Abacha (dried cassava)
  2. Ehuru (African nutmeg)
  3. Palm oil
  4. Onions
  5. Crayfish
  6. Pepper (atarodo)
  7. cubeSeasoning
  8. Salt
  9. Lettuce
  10. Ugba

Cooking Instructions

20mins
  1. 1

    Soak your desired measure of the abacha in hot water and set aside

  2. 2

    Pound or grind ehuru, crayfish and pepper together using mortart and pestle or dry blender

  3. 3

    Drain the abacha and rinse with cold water

  4. 4

    Pour a spoonful of palm oil into your frying pan and set on low heat. Not too hot to bleach the oil, but just enough to make it runny.

  5. 5

    Add the ground ehuru, crayfish, pepper and seasoning cube

  6. 6

    Pour in the abacha and mix thoroughly

  7. 7

    Add your desired quantity of ugba

  8. 8

    Sprinkle some salt to taste and pour your chopped onions, then turn off the heat

  9. 9

    Stir in your chopped lettuce

  10. 10

    PS: Adjust the quantity of palm oil and salt to your taste.
    I also love my onions still fresh and crunchy. Otherwise, you can add it much earlier.

  11. 11

    Food is ready!
    Best served with fried fish (I love mine peppered) and I had a cup of kunu to go with it

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Cookingwithseki
Cookingwithseki @cookingwithseki
Wow nice one. Thanks for this recipe. It would be very useful to many who do not like potash in their abacha 👍🏽👍🏽

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