Abacha (African salad)
Abacha (African salad)

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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. My grandmother always told me that Abacha is not a meal. Though it can be as filling as any other main course meal, African Salad is usually eaten as an in-between meal. Abacha and Ugba also known as African salad is a Cassava based dish from the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook abacha (african salad) using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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The ingredients needed to make Abacha (African salad):
  1. Prepare Dried abacha (grated cassava or tapioca)
  2. Make ready Palm oil
  3. Prepare Potash
  4. Take Fried fish
  5. Make ready leaves Garden egg
  6. Take Crayfish
  7. Prepare Fresh pepper
  8. Take Ghana pepper
  9. Prepare Onions
  10. Get Seasoning cubes and salt
  11. Make ready Grinded ehuru (African nut meg)

Today we are cooking the delicacy of the people of Enugu - a welcome dish called Abacha (African Salad). How to prepare African salad (abacha) ( ) Abacha is prepared with cassava. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water.

Steps to make Abacha (African salad):
  1. Ingredients required!
  2. Put the dried abacha in a bowl, pour some water and soak for about 10mins. Drain to remove water. Set aside.
  3. Put potash in a little bowl, and add water to it. Dissolve the potash.
  4. Chop the onions and pound the pepper. Set aside.
  5. Wash and cut the garden egg leaves. Grind the crayfish with the ehuru seeds. Set aside.
  6. In a pot, pour palm oil, add the potash water little by little and stir continuously until a thick yellowish paste is formed. Add the onions, pepper, crayfish, garden egg leaves, seasoning cubes and salt and stir everything together
  7. Then start adding the abacha you've soaked and drained little by little and stir well to ensure everything gets well mixed
  8. Mix until everything gets fully combined. Taste for salt/seasoning, add if necessary. Your abacha is ready.
  9. Serve with the fried fish. Garnish with garden egg leaves and chopped onions. Enjoy!

The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. Igbo cuisine is the various foods of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. There are many dishes that are common to the Igbos in particular, but one that cuts across Igbos in the South-East and South-South is Abacha also popularly known as the African Salad.

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