African delicious Salad is a meal that is native to the Ndi Igbo (people of Igbo), here is all you need to know about this delicious Dessert and even all the ingredients used in preparing it.
Abacha – as the Igbos love to call it is one of the most popular desserts in the eastern villages, as a matter of fact, there villagers in the eastern part of Nigeria that only offer Ugba or Abacha to visitors.
The fresh Abacha (African Salad is a by-product of cassava).
That abov is dried Abacha
The sliced cassava is then soaked in water for 18 hours or more. The last thing to do would be to wash thoroughly with clean water then sun-dry and store in an airtight container. Dried cassava chips can last more than a year if stored in an air tight dry environment.
Ingredients for African Salads
6 to 8 cups of Abacha (African Salad) {image above}Eh 3 seed (optional)
1 to 2 cups Of
half cup of crayfish
1 to 2 cubes of maggi or knorr
100ml of palm oil one edible potash (1 teaspoon)
salt and pepper to taste.
3 to 5 garden eggs (optional)
Utazi leaves (optional)
Garden egg leaves (optional) (imagee below.)
Meat/dry fish or stock fish.(optional)
I told you that most Nigerian foods are served with either fish or meat, Even the African Salad (Abacha) is also served with either fish, meat or even stock fish (okporoko), although there is none of that in the image below.
Stir the whole combination and you are almost through with the preparation part.
The garden eggs, the leaves and the onions are used mostly to spice up or for decoration purposes and not added during preparation but while dishing out. They are often sliced and kept aside in different plates or bowls, then added while individual plates are dished out; this also goes for the meat or fish used.
Taste the combination in the mortar or pot, if it is as tasty as you desire, you may also want to turn on the cooker and heat for few minutes if it is not as warm as you desire.
Serve with the meat and also add the garden eggs (sliced) and leaves to individual plate, most people in the rural centers like to take African salad with palm wine. So get a bottle of palm wine or your favorite soft drink