African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish
African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, african salad aka abacha with smoked fish. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This African Salad (Abacha) is a staple dish in Nigeria and amazingly very easy to create. 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. African Salad can serve as a meal as well as a snack. Learn how to make this correct Nigerian recipe.

African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have african salad aka abacha with smoked fish using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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The ingredients needed to make African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish:
  1. Make ready 4 cksp Palm oil
  2. Get 5 cups dry Sliced Tapioca (Abacha)
  3. Make ready 1 cups Ukpaka
  4. Take 1 tsp Ogiri (native bouilion spice)
  5. Take 3 fresh yellow pepper (ose Nsukka)
  6. Get 1 red Onions diced
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup Blended Crayfish
  8. Get 1 full Smoked Fish
  9. Prepare 1 cube Bouillion Spice
  10. Make ready 1/2 cup garden egg leaf (akwukwo ofe) (optional)
  11. Get to taste salt

It is a balanced meal on its own and can be enjoyed with or without some of the ingredients. I had to struggle to do this. Meanwhile I enjoy my abacha with smoked fish better or fried iced fish. I sincerely apologise for the serving (guess its too large)because I forgot to.

Instructions to make African Salad AKA Abacha with Smoked Fish:
  1. In a small bowl add 1/2 cup of water and add the potash, set aside and allow it to dissolve.
  2. Wash smoked fish with clean water, remove the bone and gut, rinse clean and set aside.
  3. Soak Tapioca in a bowl of cold water for about 5mins drain and set aside
  4. In a mortar, add pepper, onions and crayfish; pound properly, it should not be smooth but chunky; set aside
  5. Pour the palmoil in a medium sized pot, add the water of the dissolved potash, stir till its thick and yellow (very delicate mixture so be careful)
  6. Add the blended pepper, onions and crayfish, bouillion cube and salt to taste; stir and taste, add native bouillion (Ogiri) and mix in properly making sure that the native boullion is dissolved properly. then add tapioca (abacha) and Ukpaka and mix in. Taste to confirm that the salt and bouillion cube is enough.
  7. Some like to heat it up for a min while some do not; I don't heat up my Abacha, I love everything fresh; then add your sliced garden egg leaf.

Meanwhile I enjoy my abacha with smoked fish better or fried iced fish. I sincerely apologise for the serving (guess its too large)because I forgot to. Abacha is a traditional meal that originates from the eastern part of Nigeria. Abacha is prepared from boiled shreaded cassava which is soaked Due to its look, this palatable dish has been given the nickname African salad. It is usually served at special eastern Nigeria occasions with palm wine.

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