Abacha (African Salad)
Abacha (African Salad)

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, abacha (african salad). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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. Abacha and Ugba also known as African salad is a Cassava based dish from the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria. African Salad can serve as a meal as well as a snack.

Abacha (African Salad) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Abacha (African Salad) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have abacha (african salad) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Abacha (African Salad):
  1. Make ready 1/2 kg dry abacha
  2. Take 2 cksp Palm Oil
  3. Take 2 knorr cube
  4. Take 2 tbsp blended crayfish
  5. Take to taste salt
  6. Prepare 1 bulb onion diced
  7. Prepare 3 fresh pepper diced
  8. Prepare 2 fried fish
  9. Prepare 2 leaf akwukwo ofe (garden egg leaf) sliced
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp potash(akawu)

It can be served as a meal or snack at home, restaurants or parties. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. Ingredients used in making abacha or African salad vary from person to person. Abacha is basically dried shredded cassava mixed with palm oil and other condiments.

Steps to make Abacha (African Salad):
  1. In a bowl add enough lukewarm water that can cover the abacha, drain and set aside
  2. In a small plate pour in the potash and add a little water and set aside.
  3. In a pot, pour in Palm oil and mix in the potash water and stir till you get a yellow paste, add your crayfish, salt, onions, pepper and knorr cube mix everything together
  4. Add the drain abacha into the oil paste and stir proper, add the garden egg leaf, stir and serve with fish

Today we are cooking the delicacy of the people of Enugu - a welcome dish called Abacha (African Salad). The main ingredient in Abacha is dried shaved cassava. The cassava is re-hydrated with water and combined with spices and seasonings. Traditionally 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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