Nigeria Recipe- Abula
Hi Everyone!
It’s Friday and today, we will be talking about my favorite
native dish. I am talking about the very popular Abula (one of the foods held
in high esteem in the Yoruba land). Abula is a combination of Amala (Yam Flour),
Gbegiri and Ewedu. I can actually taste the soup in my mouth as I’m typing
this.
Longer throat me, I know. Abula isn’t everybody’s cup of tea but try it
once and you’ll be hooked as it is super delicious.
Gbegiri soup (the yellow one in the image) is a Yoruba soup prepared
with beans which comes alive with ewedu (A mucilaginous and very slim draw soup
made from jute leaves also known as ayoyo or saluyot leaves) soup and assorted
meat.
Ingredients for
Making Gbegiri Soup
1 cups Beans (white or brown)
Onions (2 balls)
Pepper
Palm oil
Seasoning (Knorr cube, salt etc.)
Method
Soak beans in water for 3-5 minutes and peel to remove skin
Boil peeled beans with enough water until soft (You can use
pressure pot)
Boil assorted meat/fish till tender with seasoning and salt.
Blend cooked beans in a blender for a smooth pure and set
aside
Place a cooking pan on a medium heat, add palm oil and heat
for about 3 minutes (don’t bleach oil)
Stir beans in palm oil
Add water if needed to achieve desired thickness
Add assorted meat/fish and pepper, stir properly
Reduce the heat and leave to cook for about 10 minutes
Check in between to
avoid soup from burning
Ingredients for
making Ewedu Soup
Ewedu leaves
Ijabe (Traditional broom whisk) or blender
Potash
Locust beans
Water
Salt to taste
Method
Pluck the ewedu leaves from the stem
Rinse the plucked
leaves in clean water - Set Aside.
In a small pot, add the water and potash and leave to heat
up
Once the water starts to boil, add the ewedu leaves and leave
to cook for about 7 minutes
Turn off the burner
and mash with the broom. Alternatively if you don't have the broom, leave the
boiled ewedu to cool a little then pour it into a blender and blend.
Pour the ewedu back into the pot and turn the burner to the
lowest.
Add the salt, crayfish and locust beans.
Leave it to simmer for 3-5 minutes.
Ingredients for
making Amala (Yam Flour)
Yam flour
Water
Wooden stick (Omorogun)
Method
Heat water on fire to a boiling point
When the water is boiled, gradually add the yam flour to the
water and stir simultaneously and quickly with the turning stick (omorogun) so
it doesn’t form lumps
Add little water to it, cover and cook on low heat for about
7mins
Turn the Amala again
Bring it down from the fire and turn until a smooth lump is
formed.
Serve alongside Gbegiri and Ewedu. I am urging you to spice
up your weekend with this delicious delicacy.
Have a lovely weekend!!!
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