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African Salad by shylladear(f): 3:24pm On Jul 24, 2008
do you eat african salad

if you do, do you like it or how does it taste

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Re: African Salad by nana(f): 3:26pm On Jul 24, 2008
How is it made?

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Re: African Salad by shylladear(f): 3:27pm On Jul 24, 2008
its also known as abasha in igbo
Re: African Salad by shylladear(f): 3:34pm On Jul 24, 2008
its made with
cassava
palm oil
garden egg or the leaf
onions
pepper
crayfish
potassium
and it can go with fish
Re: African Salad by mohawkchic(f): 4:17pm On Jul 24, 2008
~In Sierra Leone we have Creole Salad wink

~Lettuce ~
~Luncheon Meat Diced~
~Baked Beans~
~Sardines~
~Thinly Sliced Oninons~
~Sliced Boiled Eggs~
~Salad Cream~
~Shreds/Portion of Chicken~ {Optional}
Re: African Salad by dailydolla4u(m): 4:26pm On Jul 24, 2008
What about the preparation ?
Re: African Salad by mohawkchic(f): 5:08pm On Jul 24, 2008
~Creole Salad is done with the Lettuce as base & any order you want to lay the other ingridients on top of each other with the salad cream on top ofcourse!! grin


~I Dont like to eat the Creole salad b/c i dont eat most of the stuff put on there!! but i like to make/see it all done,its so colourful & good to look at tongue
Re: African Salad by Afribiz(f): 12:58pm On Jul 25, 2008
I love African salad a lot. I can't have enough of it.
Infact, we prepare it for lunch/dinner at home. It's sooooo delicioussssss!!!

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Re: African Salad by 74071688(m): 1:37pm On Jul 25, 2008
africa sef get salad?!
Re: African Salad by shylladear(f): 1:45pm On Jul 25, 2008
yes we africans do have salad
in my place its called

abasha
and its very delicious cheesy
Re: African Salad by 74071688(m): 1:47pm On Jul 25, 2008
shylladear:

yes we africans do have salad
in my place its called

abasha
and its very delicious cheesy

can u make some for me? grin

post a picture if you have any of what it looks like!
Re: African Salad by shylladear(f): 4:41pm On Jul 25, 2008
Bleep-NL:

can u make some for me? grin

post a picture if you have any of what it looks like!

no picture yet but before monday i will post one wink
Re: African Salad by Nobody: 1:40am On Jul 27, 2008
I hate salad. period.
yuck

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Re: African Salad by TheJoker1(m): 2:18am On Jul 27, 2008
i can eat well prepared african salad with fresh pami all week and not tire of it. as long as it has lots of supporting small chops in it. i especially love the ukpaka and anyala. bops mouth don dey water o! talking to self, "mr man yu like too like food." replying, "i gree". asking myself again,"where yu come dey chop am put as yu still lekpa like dis?" i reply, "ask me o!" grin

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Re: African Salad by Cayon(f): 6:33pm On Jul 27, 2008
how about putting a recipe here for me to try.
Re: African Salad by TOYOSI20(f): 5:56am On Jul 28, 2008
. . . . . . . . Yeah like i really need to see what "African Salad" looks like embarassed
Re: African Salad by AmakaOne(f): 5:33pm On Jul 28, 2008
Ugba: The african Salad
Ingredients:

      Basic Ingredients For Making Ugba Salad (Serves six)
            (1) Palm Oil (450g or 1lb)
            (2) Liquid Potash (Potassium Carbonate -- Dissolved white solid in water)
            (3) Hot Pepper -- 2 whole
            (4) Crayfish -- 1 Whole sliced
            (5) Salt to taste

      Roughage For Preparation of African Salads
            (1) Abacha or processed cassava slices
            (2) Garden Eggs
            (3) Ukazi Leaves
            (4) Ugba
            (5) Leaf of Garden Egg Plant
            (6) Onions

      Other Ingredients That May be Used in African Salads
            (1) Stockfish (Dry codfish)
            (2) Kpomo or Cow skin
            (3) Smoked fish

1. Using a bow dissolve the potash (akaun) in water, a little warm water and add the palm oil to it. Stir the potash solution until it turns yellow in colour and thickens.
2. Dissolve the maggi and salt in little hot water and add to the mixture. Add the pepper, onion, crayfish and stir.
3. Add all remaining ingredients and thoroughly stir until all is well mixed.
4. Add the shredded leaves and taste for enough salt and maggi. Add the chopped garden eggs and serve with fried fish or isi gwu, over a cold drink (beer, stout, or palmy).

It may not be likely to find ugba -- made from these seeds -- in African grocery stores in Europe or America. The reason being that ugba does not keep well. Ugba must be used within two weeks or it would ferment to the point of rot. The unfermented ugba may keep longer if kept in airtight cellophane wrapping.

The preparation of the oil bean seed to make ugba begins with cooking of the seeds, slicing the cooked seeds into thin strips and washing and fermenting them for 3 to 4 days before use. When first sliced, the ugba has a grayish white color, after fermentation it turns dark brown. Then it is ready for use in salads.

Usually, you do not have to bother with the above preparation. Ugba comes in pre-prepared strips ready to go into your salad.

As I mentioned earlier, you may not find the actual ugba in stores outside Nigeria. But you never know, there may be one or two intrepid merchants out there who have found ways to import and preserve Ugba long enough to sell them.

In any case, do not worry, if you can not find the ugba, there is a variety of ingredients for making the African salad. The basic ingredients (without the ugba) are the same and easily available in African stores in Europe or America. The ugba itself may be considered part of the roughage used in the salad, and there are a number of vegetables that can substitute for roughage. Any of these vegetables can also be used in combination with or without Ugba to make the salad.

Use of a basic set of ingredients ensures that you always get that unique taste of the African salad.

Everything you need, except perhaps the Ugba slices itself, for this dish can be found in your local grocery store.

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Re: African Salad by mohawkchic(f): 2:37am On Jul 29, 2008
~Oh Wow @ Ugba Salad!! There's nuffin african about my creole salad then undecided
Re: African Salad by Joseph6(m): 2:39am On Jul 29, 2008
minus the crayfish, it s hottt!!!!
Re: African Salad by Okijajuju1(m): 2:46am On Jul 29, 2008
Amakaone

chukwu gozie ghi, ezigbo nwa ki bu, o ga dili ghi mma.

I have searched for that recipe for like forever. Finally!!

Cheii!! Just that you forgot to add pammy a.k.a Nkwu enu a.k.a palm wine. Thats the appertizer.

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Re: African Salad by obuchineme: 10:42pm On Aug 02, 2008
umu oma,
unu egbu gom! Chei
good to know that our culture is not completely lost afterall.
i will love to see more of such .
Kudos to you guys.
Re: African Salad by Nobody: 2:24am On Aug 03, 2008
That salad looks so boring!
It has nothing going on there undecided
Re: African Salad by quenetteo(f): 3:31pm On Aug 03, 2008
ugba is the BEST!! my mom makes it all the time
Re: African Salad by snazzydawn(f): 9:21pm On Aug 03, 2008
ugba


isi ewu

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Re: African Salad by SeanT21(f): 2:06am On Aug 04, 2008
Tht shit looks nasty.
Re: African Salad by jaquan(m): 3:34pm On Aug 04, 2008
i am drooling so bad right now. i need to move to a bigger city! cry cry cry
Re: African Salad by AmakaOne(f): 5:32pm On Aug 07, 2008
This is not my version. I found this on the net?
Maybe that is what most people remember as African Salad as per the baked beans and salad cream etc,

Kai Naija!!!    

* sliced spinach or lettuce
    * 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped into small pieces
    * 1 small tomato or cherry tomatoes sliced
    * ¼ cup green peas
    * 1 cup carrots
    * ½ cup (about 1/2 can) of baked beans
    * 1 tbsp diced red onions (diced very very small)
    * 2 tblsp. Heinz Salad Cream (if you can't find Heinz Salad cream, substitute Kraft Coleslaw salad dressing, close but
      it's not quite the same)
    * 2 tblsp. thousand island dressing (you can use 4 tblspn of salad cream, but the salad will be really rich. Mix   
        thousand island and salad cream)
    * smoked salmon/fish sliced thinly
    * salt & pepper to taste

-mix salad cream, thousand island dressing and finely diced onion together. Set aside.
-mix remaining ingredients except eggs together very gently.
-add salad dressing and toss gently. (if you mix too roughly the lettuce will wilt)
-Add chopped eggs and fish last and mix gently.
- Sprinkle a little salt and pepper to taste. (not too much salt, or it will draw the water out of the lettuce and your salad will be too soggy).
-Keep refrigerated.

Re: African Salad by omoge(f): 5:00pm On Aug 08, 2008
zogole

there is this salad made from zogole leaf. wow!! so tantalizing cheesy

anyone tasted that yet? my northern friends and I used to make it. I love it soooooooo much.

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Re: African Salad by PIZZY: 3:09pm On Aug 12, 2008
snazzydawn,
isi ewu

INFACT THOSE PICTURES ARE TANTALIZING ME ALREADY.
U ARE REAL AFRICAN.
PLEASE DOES ISI EWU AND AFRICAN SALAD HAVE THE RECIPE AND ARE THEY PREPARED THE SAME WAY?

I NEED TO PREPARE ISI EWU SOON.

CAN U GIVE ME THE RECIPE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION?

THANKS.

MY EMAIL IS spizzygirl@yahoo.com
EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
Re: African Salad by Cayon(f): 8:43pm On Aug 17, 2008
going to try this tomorrow (without the tomatoes)

Peace
AMAKAONE:

This is not my version. I found this on the net?
Maybe that is what most people remember as African Salad as per the baked beans and salad cream etc,

Kai Naija!!!     

* sliced spinach or lettuce
    * 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped into small pieces
    * 1 small tomato or cherry tomatoes sliced
    * ¼ cup green peas
    * 1 cup carrots
    * ½ cup (about 1/2 can) of baked beans
    * 1 tbsp diced red onions (diced very very small)
    * 2 tblsp. Heinz Salad Cream (if you can't find Heinz Salad cream, substitute Kraft Coleslaw salad dressing, close but
      it's not quite the same)
    * 2 tblsp. thousand island dressing (you can use 4 tblspn of salad cream, but the salad will be really rich. Mix   
        thousand island and salad cream)
    * smoked salmon/fish sliced thinly
    * salt & pepper to taste

-mix salad cream, thousand island dressing and finely diced onion together. Set aside.
-mix remaining ingredients except eggs together very gently.
-add salad dressing and toss gently. (if you mix too roughly the lettuce will wilt)
-Add chopped eggs and fish last and mix gently.
- Sprinkle a little salt and pepper to taste. (not too much salt, or it will draw the water out of the lettuce and your salad will be too soggy).
-Keep refrigerated.
Re: African Salad by olelle: 6:34pm On Jul 12, 2009
amakaone
that pic doesn't look like salad. it looks like pieces of sticks in a bowl. is it real salad?
Re: African Salad by mohawkchic(f): 7:16pm On Jul 12, 2009
~The salad done w/ Spinach or Lettuce looks similar to our Creole salad

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