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DontsayNO (m)
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Hello People,
I have been researching on how to cool Nsala soup or "Afia Efere"(White Soup) as the Calabar people refer to it and I keep coming across the spice called "Uyayak". Can someone tell me more about this spice or better still, Give me an alternative recipe for Ofe Nsala which popular amongst the Anambra people.
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sukieboy (m)
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Hi,
Quite funny! Uyayak is spice used to spice white soups among the Calabars. Its a dried ridge bearing friut from a forest tree. It has a wonderful scent or aroma that spices up tha white soup.
It could also be used in Okasi or Abak soup as the calabars would call it too.
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ThoniaSlim (f)
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@sukieboy you have said it all.  |
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Ndipe (m)
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Wao, what a name, Uyayak, dont know what it is, but used to hear about it. It is a spice that my people, the Ibibios use for preparing their meals, like soup.
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clemcykul
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uyayak wat a spice  |
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ThoniaSlim (f)
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Nope. uyayak and cocoyam are two different things, and they serve different functions.
Uyayak cannot be substituted, you either include it or not. but its best to include it.
Uyayak has its own unique flavor n aroma that spices up the afia efere.
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LondonCool (m)
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I went to the Peckham Rye market in London some time ago to look for Uyayak to buy to prepare Banga (Abak) soup for my wife. After a few minutes of scouting around i saw it in one Nigerian shop so I pointed to the thing that had ridges and asked the seller for Uya-yak (trying to anglicise the word). She initaially pretended to know what I was looking for but later had no clue what I wanted till I brought it out for her to see. Then I started looking out for large snails and Periwinkles to complete my recipe,  |
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AmakaOne (f)
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The many names of uyayak
ighimiakhie or ikhememi in Edo
edeminang in Efik
manto in Ejagham
kpankpan or ekuk in Ejagham-Etung
ighirehimi in Esan
dawo in Hausa;
Uyayak in Ibibio
ashobo, ashosho, oshogisha (Arochukwu)
ora-ora (Awka)
osshosha (Bende)
osakirisa (Owerri) in Igbo
apapa in Ijo-izon
idisain in izon
yurem in Nkem
arida, arizan, ayida or ikoho in Nupe
and aidan (Ife) or aridan (meaning cast no spell) in Yoruba.
in our village in Owerri an infusion(tea) made from this pod is used as an anti-malarial potion
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capsmo (m)
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@Thoniaslim,
i enjoy reading your post:
quite incisive, short but deep!
i know u know your onions when it comes to culinary delights.
@Amakaone,
Babe i trip for u o!
wat an expose on uyayak,
i used to think only my folks in Akwa/Cross
use it. not knowing that it has crossed the Atlantic!
but u didn't tell us the English name of "uyayak"
Yam pottage cannot be romantic without "uyayak"
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tpiah
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The scientific name for Uyayak is Tetrapleura tetraptera.
Its also medicinal and has been found to have anti-ulcer, anti-convulsant and molluscicide properties (useful in preventing Bilharzia).
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mama-gee (f)
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I have no idea
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spikedcylinder
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What's the English name?
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