Ikokore Recipe (Nigerian Water Yam Pottage with Fish)

Ikokore Recipe (Nigerian Water Yam Pottage with Fish)

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Grated water yam simmered with palm oil, scotch bonnet, smoked and dried fish, meat, ponmo, crayfish and prawns into a thick Ijebu pottage. About an hour.

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Cooking tools:

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  • Blender
  • Pot
  • Stove
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Wooden spoon

Ingredients

  • 1 tuber water yam, peeled and grated
  • 2 1/2 cooking spoons palm oil
  • Red scotch bonnet (ata rodo), diced
  • 2 smoked or iced fish, shredded
  • 2 dried fish (panla), shredded
  • 2 cups shredded meat and ponmo (cow skin)
  • 4 tablespoons crayfish
  • 2 cups smoked prawns (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon iru (locust beans)
  • 1 bunch leafy vegetable (optional)
  • Salt and seasoning, to taste

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