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How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by shumuel(m): 6:08pm On Dec 06, 2015
This Abacha African Salad can be served as a main, side or even a snack, which makes it a perfect versatile festive season dish.
Ugba makes or breaks this delicious meal, so make sure to pick up a batch the next time you head out. View recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
2 pieces fresh fish
6 pieces pomo (cow skin)
½ cup chopped utazi leaves (Gongronema latifolium)
1 tbsp. ground crayfish
2 cooking spoons palm oil
1 tsp. ground ehu seeds (calabash nutmeg)
Dry ground pepper; to taste
2 garden eggs
½ tsp. ground ogiri/iru
1 tsp. grand potash (akaun)
2 medium size onions
3 handfuls abacha
1 wrap ugba (ukpaka)

METHOD

1. In a bowl of warm water, add the abacha and soak for 40 min., then drain and set aside.

2. Chop the utazi leaves and wash the garden eggs.

3. Spice and fry the fish.

4. Dice one of the onions and cut the other into rings.

5. Spice and boil the pomo.

6. In a cup with warm water, pour the potash and stir very well.

7. Pour the palm oil into a pot, add the potash mixture (avoid pouring in the potash residue along with it) and then stir until the palm oil and potash mixture turns into a yellow paste.

8. Add the crayfish, pepper, ground ehu, ugba, iru/ogiri, diced onions and seasoning to taste. Stir the mixture very well.

9. Add the soaked abacha into the mixture, stir very well and it’s ready.

10. Garnish with the fried fish, pomo, garden eggs, sliced utazi (use sparingly), garden egg leaves and onions rings.

You can also flush it down with some fresh Palm wine.

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Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by charlyge(m): 6:13pm On Dec 06, 2015
Soak abacha for 40mins kwa.... na rice u dey boil?? 10 mins is very okay

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Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by MzPecs(f): 6:14pm On Dec 06, 2015
Is abacha cooked?
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by charlyge(m): 6:16pm On Dec 06, 2015
MzPecs:
Is abacha cooked?
nope its not cooked
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by MzPecs(f): 6:21pm On Dec 06, 2015
charlyge:

nope its not cooked
Ok.
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by shumuel(m): 6:51pm On Dec 06, 2015
charlyge:
Soak abacha for 40mins kwa.... na rice u dey boil??
10 mins is very okay


Everyone with there own method, and no its not rice tongue
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by shumuel(m): 6:52pm On Dec 06, 2015
MzPecs:
Is abacha cooked?


hmm, not really
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by MzPecs(f): 6:54pm On Dec 06, 2015
shumuel:


hmm, not really
Ok
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by shumuel(m): 6:57pm On Dec 06, 2015
MzPecs:
Ok

Yeah
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by charlyge(m): 7:14pm On Dec 06, 2015
shumuel:

Everyone with there own method, and no its not rice tongue
but soaking it for 40mins is way too long..
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by shumuel(m): 7:58pm On Dec 06, 2015
charlyge:
but soaking it for 40mins is way too long..

hmm, maybe, maybe not
Re: How To Prepare African Salad (abacha) by FemiFaniKayode: 11:09am On Dec 07, 2015
jhgh
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