How to cook Yam pottage or porridge (Asaro or Ebe)

How to cook Yam pottage or porridge (Asaro or Ebe)

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Yams ( Yam tubers can be got from an African food store)
• Palm oil (from African store too)
• salt
• red pepper powder
• onions 1
• tomatoes 2
• maggi or know cubes 2
• red bell 1
• parsley spice

1. cut the yam tuber into chunky cubes and boil in salted water until almost soft about 20 mins

2. add know cubes, blend the red bell, tomatoes and onions and pour into yam and water.add sliced onions and powdered pepper, some parsley spice and stir

3. let boil for yam to soak in the soup for about 8 mins then add the palm oil, it gives it a lovely red/orange look..when the soup thickens stir until some of the yam cubes break to turn into porridge

4. let simmer on low heat for about 5 mins and then it is ready to serve

Tips & Warnings

• do not add palm oil too early

• cut yam cubes big enough so you still have chunks left when you break it in

• you may eat with a side of fish or meat

• do not eat it too hot so you can enjoy the flavor