APRON AND PANS - YAM AND FRESH FISH PEPPERSOUP
Ingredients
Yam (you can use the hard sweet potato as a substitute)
500 grams fresh fish (you can use catfish, conger eel, tilapia or any tasty fish of choice)
1 tablespoonful ground crayfish
1 medium onion (chopped)
1/2 scotch bonnet pepper (atarodo) (chopped. Or, ground chili peppers as substitute)
1 tablespoonful pepper soup spice mix
1 tablespoonful chopped uziza leaves (you can use dried leaves) or basil leaves (known as scent leaf, efirin or nchuawun
Salt to taste
Preparation
Slice the yam, peel the skin, cut into cubes and wash thoroughly.
Place the yam pieces into a pot, add enough water to cover it, add a level teaspoon of salt and leave to boil for about 10 to 15 minutes. Strain out the water and set aside.
Wash and cut the fish (if you have whole fish), place in another pot, add water to almost cover the fish. Add diced onions and salt to taste.
Leave to boil for about 5 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the fish.
After 5 minutes, add the precooked yam, chopped peppers, ground crayfish, pepper soup spice and the chopped uziza leaves or scent leaves.
Leave to simmer for 5 more minutes.
Yam (you can use the hard sweet potato as a substitute)
500 grams fresh fish (you can use catfish, conger eel, tilapia or any tasty fish of choice)
1 tablespoonful ground crayfish
1 medium onion (chopped)
1/2 scotch bonnet pepper (atarodo) (chopped. Or, ground chili peppers as substitute)
1 tablespoonful pepper soup spice mix
1 tablespoonful chopped uziza leaves (you can use dried leaves) or basil leaves (known as scent leaf, efirin or nchuawun
Salt to taste
Preparation
Slice the yam, peel the skin, cut into cubes and wash thoroughly.
Place the yam pieces into a pot, add enough water to cover it, add a level teaspoon of salt and leave to boil for about 10 to 15 minutes. Strain out the water and set aside.
Wash and cut the fish (if you have whole fish), place in another pot, add water to almost cover the fish. Add diced onions and salt to taste.
Leave to boil for about 5 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the fish.
After 5 minutes, add the precooked yam, chopped peppers, ground crayfish, pepper soup spice and the chopped uziza leaves or scent leaves.
Leave to simmer for 5 more minutes.
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