You Should Try This Easy-To-Make Abacha Recipe As Soon As Possible


The popular Abacha, a popular dish common among the easterners is prepared with dried shredded cassava. The cassava tubers are cooked till done then sliced with a special grater. The sliced cassava is then soaked in cold water overnight, washed thoroughly and dried under the sun.

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Your African Salad will not be complete without Ugba. Ugba, also known as Ukpaka, is made from oil bean seeds. These seeds are cooked for several hours then sliced, washed and left to ferment a little bit.


For African Salad, the more ingredients you use, the tastier it will be.  Some people may regard Ugba as optional but for us, it is a must.

Below are ingredients to prepare your African salad.

Ingredients for Abacha

Minimum ingredients for making Abacha (African Salad)

  • 3 handfuls abacha
  • 2 cups ugba (ukpaka)
  • 30 cl red palm oil
  • 2 tablespoons Powdered Potash (food tenderizer)
  • Fish | Mackerel/Dry Fish/Stockfish
  • 1 large Onion
  • Salt and dry pepper (to taste)
  • 4 tablespoons ground crayfish
  • 2 stock cubes (Maggi/Knorr)
  • 1 teaspoon ground Ehu seeds (Calabash Nutmeg)
  • Utazi leaves

This tutorial would also be of immense help.





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