Recipe: Perfect Porridge yam garnished with scent leaf

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Porridge yam garnished with scent leaf. Different types of yam exist in Africa such as the white, yellow and sweet yam found in some parts of West Africa. Any of these yams can be used to prepare a delicious pot of yam porridge, garnished traditionally with dry/smoked fish and any kind of green vegetables, including pumpkin, parsley, bitter leaf, scent leaf or green amaranth. Find out all you need to know on yam porridge and.

Peel and cut the yam tuber into medium sizes.

Yam porridge is the combination of fresh Puna yam and tomato sauce.

It's mostly enjoyed by most countries in West Africa especially Nigeria.

You can have Porridge yam garnished with scent leaf using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Porridge yam garnished with scent leaf

1. You need Half of tuber of yam.

2. You need of Little Palm oil.

3. You need of Crayfish.

4. Prepare to taste of Salt and seasoning.

5. You need leaf of Scent.

6. It’s of Pepper sauce.

7. It’s 1 of Dry fish.

8. You need 1 of medium sized Onions.

Most people prefer to have their yam porridge/ Pottage garnish with some fresh leafy greens like spinach, scent leaves, and Kale for more nutritional value and taste while some people prefer to have it.

This is usually garnished with some prepared chilli sauce or tomato sauce.

Yam balls are prepared by cooking the yam then pounding or blending it to form a thick paste that can serve as a soup thickener or pounded yam.

Yam pottage/Yam porridge locally known as[ Asaro] in Yoruba part of Nigerian is a delicious meal usually made with yam and palm oil.

Porridge yam garnished with scent leaf instructions

1. Peel the yam and cut into medium size. Wash very well and set aside..

2. Wash your dry fish to get rid of sand and set aside. Wash your scent leaf slice it and set aside.

3. Put water on fire and allow it to boil, add salt and the washed yam.

4. Allow it to boil for some time, add the crayfish, seasoning cubes dryfish, palm oil and the pepper sauce. Use your spatula to turn it and cover it..

5. Add the sliced onion and scent leaf allow it to simmer for 3 mins.

6. Oops your porridge yam is ready.

See recipes for Unripe plantain pottage with Scent leaf too..

Boiled yam and scent leaf source.

Yam is one of my favorite food, so decide to do this as my breakfast.

If using scent leaves, use your finger tips to tear the leaves into medium pieces.

Rinse and put the cow foot chunks in a pot.