Concetti Chiave
- Yam pottage is a savory dish made from yam, smoked fish, palm oil, and vegetables, ideal for lunch or dinner.
- The preparation involves boiling yam with ingredients like crayfish and onions, then adding fresh vegetables for flavor.
- Akara is a popular African snack made from cowpea beans, typically enjoyed as a breakfast item or snack.
- To make Akara, beans are ground into a paste, mixed with onions and peppers, and deep-fried until golden brown.
- Both dishes highlight the use of local ingredients to create simple yet flavorful meals.
Yam Pottage and Akara
Different dishes can be prepared from cocoyams, beans, plantains, banana, eggs, milk, vegetables, fruits, etc.
Here are some procedures for preparation of some exotic simple meals.
Yam pottage (recipe):
1 small yam (about 6 medium pieces)
1 medium smoked fish
1/2 of Palm oil (milk-can)
1 small onion
1 table spoonful ground crayfish
1 small bunch of green fresh vegetables
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
2 cups of water.
Method:
1.
2. Prepare all other ingredients (fish, pepper, onion, vegetable ).
3. Put the yam into a sauce pan and add water then put to boil.
4. Add oil, salt, pepper, crayfish, tomatoes and onions.
5. When the yam is almost cooked, add vegetables.
6. Turn gently to make a fairly thick pottage and then taste for salt.
Dish out and serve hot as lunch or dinner.
Akara: this is a typical snack used as morning food in most african countries and can also be eaten as snack. Recipe:
1 cup of beans (cowpea)
1 small onion
1 large red pepper
Salt to taste
1 cup of water
Vegetable oil or bleached palm oil.
Method:
1. Pick any stones, sticks and dry pod from the beans.
2. Soak the beans for few minutes in water and remove seed coats or skins. Wash properly.
3. Grind or blend into a smooth paste using grinding stone or a blender.
4. Put in a small mixing bowl or mortar. Add 1/2 cup of cold water.
5. Beat with a wooden spoon or whisk with a pestle to incorporate air.
6. Continue beating until the mixture becomes fluffy and can easily drop from the spoon. Add more water o necessary.
7. Add chopped onion, pepper and salt to taste. Beat to obtain light mixture.
8. Fry in deep hot oil, dropping the mixture with long spoon.
9. Turn the akara balls and fry until light brown.
10. Drain in a clean basket or sieve.
Serve hot with any type of porridge or as snack.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuáles son los ingredientes principales para preparar el Yam Pottage?
- ¿Cómo se prepara el Akara?
- ¿Qué tipo de aceite se puede usar para freír el Akara?
Los ingredientes principales para el Yam Pottage incluyen un pequeño ñame, pescado ahumado, aceite de palma, cebolla, crayfish molido, vegetales frescos, sal, pimienta y agua.
Para preparar Akara, se deben limpiar los frijoles, remojarlos, quitarles la piel, molerlos en una pasta suave, mezclar con cebolla, pimienta y sal, y luego freír en aceite caliente hasta que estén dorados.
Se puede usar aceite vegetal o aceite de palma blanqueado para freír el Akara.
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