Abacha(African Salad)… Native style
Abacha(African Salad)… Native style

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, abacha(african salad)… native style. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ingredients: Abacha Ugba Ukazi Canda/pomo Stockfish Mackerel fish Crayfish Dried shrimps Palm oil Ehuru Ngu or edible potash Scotch bonnet peppers Dried pepper Seasoning cubes Onion Salt to taste. Thanks for watching, don't forget to like, SUBSCRIBE, comment and share with friends and family. 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. Abacha and Ugba also known as African salad is a Cassava based dish from the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria.

Abacha(African Salad)… Native style is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Abacha(African Salad)… Native style is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook abacha(african salad)… native style using 11 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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The ingredients needed to make Abacha(African Salad)… Native style:
  1. Get 300 g Abacha (Dried tapioca)
  2. Prepare 100 ml palm oil
  3. Make ready 3 tablespoons potash(or bicarbonate of soda)
  4. Prepare 100 g Ugba(fermented oil Bean)
  5. Get 3 dried fish
  6. Take 10-15 Utazi leaves
  7. Prepare 1 medium onion
  8. Get 12 Ehuru seeds
  9. Make ready 3 tablespoons blended Crayfish
  10. Make ready 2 tablespoons blended pepper
  11. Prepare Salt and seasoning (to taste)

Though it can be as filling as any other main course meal, African Salad is usually eaten as an in-between meal. How to Make Abacha with Ugba [Video] Full Option Abacha I. Add your abacha and mix properly allowing all the ingredients to blend. Add sliced utazi and salt to taste.

Instructions to make Abacha(African Salad)… Native style:
  1. Soak the Abacha in warm water for 30minutes to soften, then using a seine drain the water out
  2. Roast the Ehuru seeds on naked flame for about 3-5minutes(this brings out the aroma better) remove the shell and blend
  3. Wash and cut the utazi leaves, also wash and chop the onion. Clean up the dried fish and set aside
  4. Get the Ugba ready (if you bought the ones wrapped with leaves, place them on naked flame a bit with the leaves to roast for about 3-4minutes.(this also gives it a different traditional flavor) Remove from the the wrap and set aside for use
  5. Mix 2 tablespoons of potash (or bicarbonate of soda) with warm water thoroughly & sieve out the water, then set aside
  6. In a large clean bowl, add in the palm oil, then 3 tablespoons of potash (from the one sieved out in No. 5)
  7. Mix both thoroughly to get a smooth light paste
  8. Add in the blended crayfish
  9. Then add in the pepper and blended Ehuru seeds
  10. Add in some salt too
  11. Then add in the Ugba
  12. And mix all together thoroughly
  13. Add in the Abacha, then 1 cube of seasoning and finally mix all thoroughly together
  14. Plate with the Utazi leaves, chopped onion and the dried fish
  15. You can heat it up a little to be warm before serving
  16. And then I got naughty and plated like dis
  17. Your Abacha is ready to eat. It's best taken with some wine👍👌

Add your abacha and mix properly allowing all the ingredients to blend. Add sliced utazi and salt to taste. Garnish with chopped garden egg leaves and sliced onions. It has been so much fun writing and making recipes from around Africa and it makes me appreciate Africa even more. Today we are cooking the delicacy of the people of Enugu - a welcome dish called Abacha (African Salad).

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