How to Make Yummy Nigerian Yam Pottage
The Nigerian Yam Pottage recipe is one that I felt iffy to share, only because there are numerous recipes online from different traditions. But then, every culture and cuisine is unique and so are the dishes even if they have a common name.
Ingredients
- 1 tuber of yam
- 2 red bell peppers
- 2 scotch bonnets
- 2 large onions 1 chopped
- 1 1/2 cups of red palm oil
- 2 Tbsp dry ground shrimp
- 10 pieces Fresh shrimp cut up
- 1 whole dry catfish deboned and rinsed
- Salt to taste
- Fish bouillon
- 4 cups of water will need more as needed
Instructions
- Peel and cut up your tuber of yam into small chunks, rinse a few times till clean before transferring to a large pot.
- Add in your chopped onion, season with a tsp of fish bouillon and some salt, add the 4 cups of water and cook for 30 mins.
- Meanwhile, blend together your red bell peppers, scotch bonnets and 1 onion.
- Heat up a large skillet, add in your palm oil and let it heat up for 2 mins before going in with the blended pepper mix.
- Allow the mix fry for 15 mins making sure to stir intermittently to prevent burning.
- Add in the deboned catfish and ground shrimp, season with salt and fish bouillon.
- Add your fried pepper sauce to the boiling yams, at this point, the water in the yams should be significantly reduced, let it combine well while still cooking.
- When the yam pieces are soft enough (you can use a fork to poke a piece to be sure), add in your chopped shrimp let it cook for another 5 mins.
- Use a wooden spoon to break down the yam pieces leaving only few chunks. You should end up with a semi-pureed pot of yam pottage.
Notes
You can garnish with some chopped spinach for some added colour!