Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, african salad (abacha). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
African salad (Abacha) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. African salad (Abacha) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water overnight, washed thoroughly and dried under the sun. Your African Salad will not be complete without Ugba. African Salad African salad (Abacha) is a delicious west African food that is native to the ndi Igbo (people of Igbo), here is all you need to know about this Nigerian Delicious Dessert and even all the ingredients used in preparing it.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have african salad (abacha) using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make African salad (Abacha):
- Prepare White abacha (soaked)
- Get White abacha (soaked)
- Get Palm oil
- Get Palm oil
- Make ready Potash (dissolved in water)
- Prepare Potash (dissolved in water)
- Make ready Crayfish (grinded)
- Take Crayfish (grinded)
- Get Garden egg (diced)
- Prepare Garden egg (diced)
- Take cubes Seasoning
- Make ready cubes Seasoning
- Prepare Salt
- Take Salt
- Get Fresh pepper (roughly blended)
- Make ready Fresh pepper (roughly blended)
- Prepare Onions (chopped)
- Make ready Onions (chopped)
- Take Garden egg leaves (finely chopped)
- Take Garden egg leaves (finely chopped)
- Take African nut meg (grinded)
- Get African nut meg (grinded)
- Get Iced fish (properly washed)
- Get Iced fish (properly washed)
- Get Vegetable oil for frying fish
- Prepare Vegetable oil for frying fish
Abacha and Ugba - African Salad Abacha and Ugba also known as African salad is a Cassava based dish from the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. Abacha is simply dried shredded Cassava while Ugba on the other hand is fermented African oil bean seed. Abacha is a native delicacy that originated from the Eastern part of Nigeria. It is popularly called African salad in English.
Steps to make African salad (Abacha):
- Soak the white abacha in a bowl full of water for about 15 mins. Use a drainer to remove excess water.
- In a bowl, put water and add a little ball of potash into it, allow to dissolve, set aside. In a pot, add palm oil as required. When the potash has dissolved, gradually pour the potash water into the palm oil, stir continuously while doing this, you will notice that it gradually becomes thick. Add the fresh blended pepper, salt, seasoning cubes, African nut meg, crayfish, onions, garden egg.. Stir together to fully combine all the ingredients, taste for salt and add if necessary.
- Add the garden egg leaves and give one last stir…Cut, wash fish, sprinkle some salt for taste and fry in hot vegetable oil until cooked.
- Your mouth watering African salad is ready! Enjoy!
- Your mouth watering African salad is ready! Enjoy!
Abacha is a native delicacy that originated from the Eastern part of Nigeria. It is popularly called African salad in English. This delicacy is nutritious and mostly enjoyed by the Igbos. It is served in Igbo land during coronations, traditional marriage, festivals, etc. My grandmother always told me that Abacha is not a meal.
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