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A plate of food; pounded yam and soup. Pounded yam (Yoruba: Iyán, Hausa: sakwara, Igbo: Utara-ji) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food. [1] [2] It is commonly prepared by pounding boiled yam with mortar and pestle [3] [4] Pounded yam is similar to mashed potatoes but heavier in consistency. It is a smooth delicacy eaten with the hands.
Picture of Okoho soup (prepared with goat meat and garden eggs) being eaten by an Idoma man from Benue State, Nigeria Picture of Okoho soup with pounded yam (Onihi) Okoho is the main traditional food peculiar to the Idoma people of Benue State, Central Nigeria. It is made from the plant Cissus populnea belonging to the family Amplidaceae . [1]
Garri to eat by hand with fish and greens. Ndop, Northwest Cameroon, 2011. ... "Iyan (Pounded Yam)". mydestination.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016
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If you start off the new year with a good bite to eat, so be it. Adrian Miller, the Soul Food Scholar , tells TODAY.com that it's important to celebrate foods across various cultures.
Harvest Bowl. Add a base of broth-soaked wild rice then layer with baby kale, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and chicken. Add lots of fun toppings like crunchy apples, tangy goat cheese ...
The boiled yam can also be pounded with a traditional mortar and pestle to create a thick, starchy paste known as iyan (pounded yam) which is eaten with traditional sauces such as egusi and palm nut soup. [citation needed] Another method of consumption is to leave the raw yam pieces to dry in the sun. When dry, the pieces turn a dark brown color.
A plate of pounded yam (iyan) and egusi with tomato stew. Iyan, called pounded yam in English, is similar to mashed potatoes but all mashed and completely smooth with no yam chunks left. [40] [55] And eaten with soups; Amala (or aririguzofranca) is a thick paste made from yam, which has been peeled, cleaned, dried and dark (brown) in colour.