How To Prepare Delicious African Salad (Abacha) | Read Details
Udeme James
Aug 06, 2022
African salad, an Eastern Nigerian delicacy popularly called Abacha is prepared using dried, shredded cassava.This African salad can be consumed as a meal or a snack. There are numerous ways to prepare this salad, but the more ingredients you use, the more delicious the dish becomes.
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Ingredients
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Abacha
Ugba or ukpaka
Palm oil
Powdered potash
Fish
Ponyo
Onion
Garden eggs
Garden egg leaves, chopped
Salt and dry pepper (to taste)
Ground crayfish
Seasoning cubes
Ground Ehu seeds (Calabash nutmeg)
Ogiri or iru
Fresh utazi leaves
Boiling water
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Method
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First, soak the garden egg leaves in cold water for 10 minutes until it softens, and pour boiling water over it before draining.
Rinse the ugba with warm water and dissolve the potash, sieving out the water after a while.
In another pot, stir the potash water with palm oil until it forms a yellowish paste.
Place this mix on heat, adding ground ehu, pepper, crayfish and seasoning. Next, add crushed stock cubes, diced onions and ugba before taking off the heat.
Add ogiri, mix, then meat and fish making sure to mix.
Add the soaked Abacha leaves, and mix, making sure all ingredients blend.
Add sliced utazi and salt.
Finally, garnish with chopped garden egg leaves and sliced onions.
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Enjoy with a chilled drink.
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