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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.
Obe Egusi and Iyan : Egusi soup and pounded yam with assorted meat (Eran) or fish. Ewagoyin and agege bread : A spiced mashed beans with agoyin sauce with agege bread; Jollof : Jollof rice with meat, fish, egg and salad or coleslaw with moi moi and dodo (Fried plantains). Fried rice : A local style fried rice with the same side options as the above
It can be eaten with fufu, [1] semo, wheat swallow, with pounded yam, or the processed and fried garri. In other countries the soup may be available in packaged prepared form in some markets that specialize in Western African foods. [1] Ogbono soup has a mucilaginous draw texture, [10] similar to okra soup.
Those who live in Blue Zones tend to eat complex carbohydrates, like those found in beans, sweet potatoes and whole grains, explains Professor Tim Spector, M.D., scientific co-founder of Zoe, a ...
"Sweet potatoes have a starchy texture and sweet flesh," Gavin said. "The major types are grouped by the color of the flesh, not by the skin." In the grocery store, you'll likely see orange, white ...
If you think sweet potatoes and yams are the same thing, think again! ... They are both good to eat as a part of a healthy diet and neither is particularly nutritiously superior to the other. That ...
It is a soup made from the Okoho stick which is very slimy after preparation. It is usually prepared with bush meat (such as grass-cutter, alligator and smoked meat etc.) and best served with pounded yam (aka Onihi). It can also be eaten with semolina, eba (made from garri) and yam flour. This soup is usually prepared without the use of oil.
Yams are white in colour but turn brown when dried which gives àmàlà its colour. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is a popular side dish served with ewédú [ 6 ] and gbẹ̀gìrì ( black-eyed beans soup), but is also served with a variety of other ọbè (soups), such as ẹ̀fọ́ , [ 7 ] ilá , and ogbono .