Quick And Easy African Salad Abacha By Zeelicious


Abacha is the delicacy of the people of Enugu – a welcome dish called Abacha (African Salad). Abacha is basically dried shredded cassava mixed with palm oil and other condiments.
7 cups wet abachaAbacha (the ingredient) is made from cassava. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water overnight, washed thoroughly and dried under the sun.
2 cooking spoons potash water
1 cup ugba/ukpaka/african oil bean seedUgba is the Igbo name for the fermented African OIlbean seeds (Pentaclethra macrophylla, Benth). It is called Ukana by the Efiks in Southern Nigeria.
1 onion bulb
3 scotch bonnet peppers (atarodo)
Utazi leavesGangronema latifolium (Utazi) are local leaves, which are widely used in Nigerian dishes. It is slightly bitter taste.
Garden eggs
Smoked fish
Ingredients
7 cups wet abachaAbacha (the ingredient) is made from cassava. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water overnight, washed thoroughly and dried under the sun.
2 cooking spoons potash water
1 cup ugba/ukpaka/african oil bean seedUgba is the Igbo name for the fermented African OIlbean seeds (Pentaclethra macrophylla, Benth). It is called Ukana by the Efiks in Southern Nigeria.
1 onion bulb
3 scotch bonnet peppers (atarodo)
Utazi leavesGangronema latifolium (Utazi) are local leaves, which are widely used in Nigerian dishes. It is slightly bitter taste.
Garden eggs
Smoked fish
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