Recipe: At Home Yam porridge
Recipe: At Home Yam porridge Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Yam porridge. Yam pottage/Yam Porridge (Asaro) Recipe - Asaro which is also known as Yam pottage or Yam porridge is a very delicious Yam recipe though it's eaten by most tribes in Nigeria but it's more common in the Yoruba speaking parts of Nigeria. Yam Porridge can also be referred to as yam soup. It is mainly yam cooked with ingredients and the resulting dish contains some soupy liquid.
It's a one-pot dish that consists of African yam and a pepper/tomato blend.
Very few ingredients yet the flavour is simply amazing.
The yam used in this recipe is a variety called puna yam.
You can have Yam porridge using 9 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Yam porridge
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You need of Yam.
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It’s of Scotch bonnet.
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It’s of Onions.
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Prepare of Spinach.
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It’s of Palm oil.
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Prepare of Crayfish.
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You need of Dry fish.
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You need of Maggi.
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You need of Salt.
If you live in Europe or the U.
Peel off the bark of the yam, slice to serve-able sizes, wash and set aside.
Also slice or grind the tomatoes, fresh pepper and a cup of crayfish.
I use lots of onions while making most foods, just for its health benefits.
Yam porridge step by step
- Peel your yam and slice to yout choice size and wash then put it in a clean pot, then add your ingredients then you cook for 20mints then you add your spinach and leave for 5mints and smash it…..😋😋😋😋 serve hot.
Preparing yam porridge requires peeling the yam, cutting the yam tuber into small thick pieces, then cooking the whitish fleshy starchy part with a collection of selected ingredients.
In most of the West African markets and busy roads, yam are usually fried and sold as "street food" or "roadside food".
Yam porridge or Asaro is another delicious Nigerian yam dish cooked in a well-seasoned pepper mix until soft and fluffy with some yam chunks.
It is very quick and easy to make.
It makes a perfect dinner or lunch and it is also a party favourite.
