Easiest Way to Summer Delicious Ojojo(water yam)

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Ojojo(water yam). Ojojo is made with water yam though and not cocoyam. Slice, peel and cut the water yam into chunks, then grate into a fine paste using the smallest part of the grater. Water yam is one of the core ingredients in making ojojo.

Forget sausage roll, pizza, hamburger, and other junks, ojojo is a snack you have to taste for its uniqueness and richness. 'Ojojo' is a Yoruba word for water yam balls.

You must be conversant with bean cake popularly known as akara, this water yam cake is another local snack prepared the same way as akara.

The species of yam (Dioscorea alata) used is widely grown in the rainforest.

You can cook Ojojo(water yam) using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Ojojo(water yam)

  1. Prepare Half of tuber of water yam.

  2. You need of Grounded cray fish.

  3. You need 1 of Doyin cube.

  4. Prepare of Salt.

  5. You need of Vegetable oil.

  6. It’s 2 of Habanero Pepper.

  7. You need of Onion.

  8. Prepare of Onion.

  9. You need of Onion.

Water yam is the basis of several African and Nigerian dishes but nothing can prepare taste buds for these ojojo or water yam balls.

Heat up oil in a frying pan.

They are made from grated water yam, onions and peppers.

It can be enjoyed first thing in the morning like the.

Ojojo(water yam) step by step

  1. Cut and wash Yam.

  2. Grate Yam using a grater..

  3. I blend after grating for 1minute.

  4. Add thinly chopped pepper,onion,grounded crayfish, salt and doyin cube..

  5. Mix very well together..

  6. Put a frying pan on cooker,add oil,when the oil is heated up,drop the grounded water yam in ball form,little by little and fry till cooked..

Ojojo is the Yoruba word which refers to the outcome of grated, spiced-up and deep fried water yam.

When this same grated water yam is cooked as a pottage rather than deep fried, then it is referred to as ifokore or ikokore.

Aside from these two dishes, water yam (locally called isu ewura or isu ehura) is suitable for nothing else.

Ojojo (Water Yam Fritters) Ojojo is a special traditional delicacy made from grated water yam.

It is mostly enjoyed as a snack and is sometimes served in parties as small chops.