Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, yam and ripe plantain pottage. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Yam and Plantain Pottage also known as Yam and Plantain Porridge is a yummy fusion of Yam, Plantain and Tomato stew. It's a yummy take on the popular Yam pottage also known as Asaro in Nigeria. Some people prefer to have just the plantain pottage on it's own but I prefer the blend of Yam and Plantain to the plain Plantain Pottage as the sweetness of the Plantain isn't as potent.
Yam and ripe plantain pottage is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Yam and ripe plantain pottage is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have yam and ripe plantain pottage using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Yam and ripe plantain pottage:
- Take Half cup of palm oil
- Make ready Half bulb of Onion
- Prepare 3 red chilli (shombo)
- Get 6 red habanero pepper
- Get 1 knorr cube
- Prepare 1 dry fish
- Prepare Half tuber of a medium sized yam
- Take 3 large ripe plantain (strong)
- Take 2 tablespoon blended crayfish
- Make ready Half bunch of green amaranth
- Get to taste Salt
The meatballs also add to the nutritional value required for a healthy and boisterous activity-filled life. For lovers of sweet things, the unripe plantain pottage alone, somehow, is a dish that is not as interesting as it sounds. Not to worry; this is the recipe for you. You can add sweet potatoes or ripe plantains to this recipe for added sweetness.
Steps to make Yam and ripe plantain pottage:
- Blend your pepper, chop the Onion then set aside
- Next, peel and cut the yam and plantain into your desired size and shape
- Set your cooking pot on fire then add the palm oil, heat for few minutes at this point add the Onion and sauté
- Next, - red chilli (shombo) add the blended pepper mix, fry for three minutes, season with the knorr cube then add about a litre of water to the pot, add the already peeled yam then cover to start cooking, cook for three minutes then add the plantain, and dry fish then continue to cook
- Add the blended crayfish the taste and adjust the taste with salt, cook till it's almost thickened then add the green amaranth leaf, stir and cook for few minutes, by now it must have thickened
- Stir and bring down then serve
- Add the bleeee
Some people must have heard about Bole and Fish or Onunu(pounded yam & ripe plantain with native sauce) as the most popular plantain delicacy in ijaw land and Niger Delta at large but that is not the case. Plantain pottage known as Kekefiyai (KKF) in ijaw language is the most popular delicacy. Unripe plantain pottage is prepared with just unripe plantain though some people incorporate small amounts of ripe plantain to give it a little bit of sweetness. Unripe plantains are recommended by nutritionists as they contain less sugar and are healthier compared with ripe Plantains. Wash the beans in cold water and set aside.
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