This is Abacha. Good old Abacha which is always better when its home made. Immediately you master the art of making it, you can say bye bye to all the ones buy in Restaurants....
~Ingredients~
Dried Abacha - 4wraps
Ground pepper - to taste
Salt and seasoning cubes-to taste
Ground Crayfish-1 cooking spoon
Ogiri - 1wrap
Onion -1 bulb (optional)
Smoked chicken thigh
Utazi or garden egg leaves.
Palm oil - 2 cooking spoons/half cup
Ground Potash - a pinch
1 glass of water or any stock of your choice.
Dried Abacha - 4wraps
Ground pepper - to taste
Salt and seasoning cubes-to taste
Ground Crayfish-1 cooking spoon
Ogiri - 1wrap
Onion -1 bulb (optional)
Smoked chicken thigh
Utazi or garden egg leaves.
Palm oil - 2 cooking spoons/half cup
Ground Potash - a pinch
1 glass of water or any stock of your choice.
Method
●Soak your Abacha in warm water until tender then drain and set aside.
●Soak your Abacha in warm water until tender then drain and set aside.
● In a deep motar/bowl or pot, add your oil and potash. Stir until thick and yellow before adding water/stock. What you should have is a runny bright yellow liquid. The inclusion of Potash here only helps the water to blend well with the oil.
● Add ogiri, salt and seasoning,crayfish and pepper to the paste. Make sure you taste before adding seasoning if you used already seasoned stock in place of water.
● Gently add the paste into abacha and mix until abacha has blended in well with the paste.
● serve with washed and chopped utazi or uziza leaves,onion, diced garden egg and smoked chicken. You can also use fish or pomo.
Feel free to add or subtract from this recipe according to your personal taste. Enjoy!
RECIPE AND PIC SENT IN BY BV OMALICIOUS!...
Omalicious i wanna make this tomorrow but i am really tired of eating chicken,would it be okay to use fish ?what type?..I wanna make this as soon as possible.
Thats my favorite. Prepared it yesterday. Yummy Yummy
ReplyDeleteNNE.. Are you from Enugu?
DeleteNice one. Abacha goes better with fish.
DeleteThanks Omalicious for sharing.
Nice one. Abacha goes better with fish.
DeleteThanks Omalicious for sharing.
Nop. Am from Anambra state.
DeleteCan't wait to try this o
DeleteNow i'm beginning to feel you are a popular BV who has been missing since someone attacked her. Hmmm
DeleteCan't wait to try this o
DeleteWow this is yummy - prepared abacha not long ago. Now I'm really craving it
DeleteNice one, not a fan of Abacha tho' .
DeleteAnon 13:32,yes .l know she is the reformed Linda Eze.No more insulting people needlessly.She once said she is still sexy after 3 sons.
DeletePotash isn't good for human consumption. The abacha looks tasty anyway but it's best served with fish or canda (kwomo) and not chicken.
DeleteYour head dey there anon, that is so fucking Linda Eze, you are smart!!
DeleteUse ncha(from burnt palm leaf)its healthier and very heart friendly...I don't know if its sold in towns .my mum sends mine down.u can also skip the ogiri .I use one brown seed instead.it adds a very unique flavour to it.
DeleteIjekuje! In this era of health consciousness
DeleteSo Cynthia Sani and Cynham cakes are one n dsame? Hmmmmm! Exactly the same comments, asin word 4 word.
DeleteStella it tastes better with fish
DeleteEwoo oooh.
DeleteSo,Linda Eze and Cynthia Sani can identify each other from their comments. I am watching two of you in 3D.
Thanks 4 dis stella i just love u
DeleteNice one. But its always better to prepare abacha with ncha.
DeleteGbam Kady darling
DeleteHahahaha, abacha with chicken??? Na fish dey make sense pass
ReplyDeleteStellz use smoked fish
DeleteAbacha with chicken ke?
My favorite food of all times
LOL even the chicken gaaan.... Ah! make I no just talk.
DeleteI tell u. Some people go form die.
DeleteMy dear, na fish sure pass o.Kai I miss those days in Enugu.I and my friends had this special bukar at obiagu we used to eat this abacha....choi!!! Well garnished with lots of fried pepper and the pomo sauce. Damn! !! I just had an orgasm thinking about it. Hahaha
DeleteExactly!
DeleteFish bu egwu eji Na Abacha
iranu...abacha...iranu...abacha
Deletedon't know what that means but anytime I see abacha, I just have to sing iranu...abacha
Abacha and fried fish is a puurrfect combo
Potash is cancerous.
DeleteNcha is better and healthier (burnt palm bunch)
Hmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteStella smoked salmon fish or Titus I dnt knw if u guys have it over then with correct kopmo is d ishhh menn.
DeleteAbacha my all time food. If u want it to taste heavenly just add a pitch of effuru, choi uto.
Yea abacha I love
ReplyDeleteKai! God bless whoever sent in this recipe!!! My days in Enugu was incomplete without a plate Of Abacha, ukpaka, odu azu, anyara, ose and Miri canda. There's this woman @ Ani Junction, here's remains the best I ever tasted
ReplyDeleteGbam........... I miss Enugu
DeleteAnd Okpa di oku
DeleteThat Ani junction na correct abacha lol. I wil definitely hit dat place tomorrow
DeleteChai, Gifted hands your head dey house .Okpa too na another food wey I no dey carry play that year....I miss 042 mehn!!!
Delete042 the place to be.
DeleteHave u tried the woman at upper chime by O'Neal bustop? I have forgotten her name now. OMG!! **crying** how I miss 042.
There is one woman in obiagu where we eat abacha after school.
DeleteMama I and her neighbour
They had primart school student friendly prices
Lolll
I miss 042
Choi 042 peeps full here, #I represent 042 too! I miss Emilly n madam Volvo Ora n onugbu soup
Delete@Chy...and Mma Cee...
DeleteThe joints at that O'Neal bus stop are too many and not sweet again, even down to Nanka Street and Ezeani Street, near Nwokocha bread. They are really good but to an extent.
The one by Ukwu Aki bus stop opposite First Bank Na helele. Let me buy fuel from NNPC Station by Bisala Junction, and fiammmmm, I disappear. Hahaha.
Enugu grooves no be here joor.
The mende mende joint I enjoy is Mama Ekene by Afia Emene along the expressway before Emene Refinery. That woman eeeh.
Any time I enter Coal City with wild hormones, Na to cdey chop dey go.
Oh Xmas.
Please come already.
Aritzan market nko? Their own make sence die. Abacha is for 042 oooo,make dem leave am for us. Anyday!!!!!
DeleteMy favorite food tho the ones others make always taste better than mime
ReplyDeleteStella you know how far.I love it like kilode.So yummy.
ReplyDeleteBiko, what's abacha? Those of us in Yankee can't go to the store and be looking for abacha. What's the English name? Thanks
DeleteWhat is abacha without ugba?
DeleteI'll have to be lying on a hospital bed before I eat anyything with raw potash ..yummy thing though.
Shurrup!!u know that Biko means pls but u don't know abacha?fear God na
DeleteAnon 13:57 I think some people call it tapioca or dried cassava or shredded dried cassava not sure of the English name biko.
Delete@Chy...it's tapioca. Cassava flakes. You right.
DeleteMadam yankee, if you go to any African shop you will see it and it has a abacha written on it
DeleteIn fact my family know that to pick me up from airport and you don't have abacha na fight o.
Tapioca ke?
DeleteTapioca is different o.
Tapioca is Starch from Manioc
Delete*Abacha ain't flakes*
@Gbogbo Bigz Girls
Delete@Charismatic Diva
Please Abacha is cassava flakes or tapioca.
Yuca, Manioc, all are one and the same starchy root tuber Cassava but with different names in different countries.
Did you guys actually watch The Maggi Family Menu with the gap toothed Aunty Funmi Adeoye on NTA family time belt?
Haba.
Abi una be 25 year old Bvs?
Abacha!!! I jump and pass 20times!!!
ReplyDeleteA friend once made it and gave me to eat,at night tho,the morning after effect almost killed me,my tommy was more than upset.... I pass!
Heiya
DeleteThat one wasn't prepared well maybe
Say what?? Who Drinks palm oil at night? Lmao
DeleteI Lik it very much but I don't like to eat it, if I do, toilet will be my Best friend.... I almost shit my intestine the Last time I eat it
DeleteSorry dear, maybe the potash she used was too much for it, and you probably having delicate bowels reacted to it.
DeleteNgu or ncha is better than potash, no side effects.
DeleteIts the potash that causes runny stomach. Use ncha instead.
DeleteWhat is utazi, abacha, ogiri?
ReplyDeleteUtazi is a vegetable. Abacha is Abacha now just ask in the market. Ogiri is iru dawadawa.
DeleteThank you oh
DeleteAbacha is african salad in English. Ukwa is breadfruit hope i got the spelling right shaa
DeleteAfrican Salad
DeleteUna do well, jst feel like eating it tonight lol d hype dey make d thing hungry mio.
DeleteAbacha is better with fish and without the potash, also no need to add water or else it becomes soggy.
ReplyDeleteWithout potash and water? And you are sure it is not fried abacha that you are preparing.
DeleteAhahahaha ! Fried Abacha kwa??
DeleteJane k , how do u make Abacha sauce without potash? We re in d season of learning innit? Lol
Triumphant Zion. Nne m jukwa ya o. People and forming how to cook differently. Madam Jane answer us
DeleteLol.. Asin eh
DeleteLol! It's not fried abacha dear it's original Enugu abacha. I invite you to come give it a try.
DeleteJane abeg tell them. Nah we get Abacha and that's the proper way to make it.which one is add water? Mbanu
DeleteAs longer it is not fried abacha,you have to use a little potash to mix the oil to get a good sauce for the abacha.
DeleteI was wondering o
DeleteWhich kind add water
I don't even add water
I prepare a sweet sauce with the fish water for those who find it dry.
And I add the potash to the fish water
Different strokes for different folks sha
Triumphant, shes very right . Abacha or ighu as my people call it is best prepared with ncha and without water and potash. The ncha contains the amount of water needed once dissolved.it is alot healthier and tastier than potash and doesnt cause runny stomach. Keep your mind open to learning styles from others. All u need do is add oil to the ncha and stir...then u get your ngu. ....Bv oma, u forgot to add ugba/akpaka. It makes it tastier.
DeleteEvery other thing up there is on point.
ReplyDeleteNot a fan,will pass.
DeleteOn point.
DeleteOnly thing missing is the top up.
A glass of "obiri dike aka nani".
Fresh tasty palmwine from Emene in Enugu.
Gbagam!
Thanks Omalicious for the post.
I need to visit home immediately. I must eat abacha and mmanya ocha plus okpa wawa and pepsi.
DeleteMbanu XP, na Udi palm wine for mgbeke's shop. Don't try dia bush meat too. Choi! Udi be anyi amaka ooo!!!
DeleteXhlrtd your head dey dia wella! You know wassup.
Delete@datudichic...biko give me direction. Thanks
Delete@jane krane...where dem dey go, I don pass am tey tey.
Xmas should come already.
Datudichick ur head design there. Abacha nwa mgbeke plus palm from nke nwunye John. Udi groove no get part two. I rep 042 mbok
DeleteOmah Cindy
I jump and pass 20times!!!
ReplyDeleteA friend once made it and gave me to eat,at night tho.The morning after effect almost killed me,my tommy was more than upset.Maybe twas d raw pepper. I pass biko.
May be their was too much of Akanwu in it or may be she used Maggi white.
DeleteAbeg chicken for Abacha? Naaaaaaahhhhhh put some thick pepperd Pomo then tell me how far! Yummyyyyyyyy
ReplyDeleteGbam!
DeleteNow yall make me want some :( i dont even know what it but i want.
Deletebest!!!!
DeleteStella of life thank you so much for posting. You can use any dried/smoked fish of your choice. Dried fish has a way of welcoming the palm oil taste. Try dried catfish or you can as well fry your usual mackerel. Okporoko (stock fish) is also great.
ReplyDeleteWhat's d English name of d ingredients pls!?!
DeleteAfrican salad
ReplyDeleteI will like to prepare it,pls wot is abacha
ReplyDeleteGood but best savoured with Dried or smoked fish.
ReplyDeleteWho eats abacha with chicken?
ReplyDeleteFish and kpomo sure pass!!!
Nice one oma.
ReplyDeleteAm not a fan
ReplyDeleteLemme share my recipe for great sex...... All body part should partake in the act of love making, none shld be left out, not evn ur smallest toe, that's why its advisable to be neat b4 sex, ur body is intwineed with another and speakn to eachoda, so if one is speaking rubbish, the sensible one will simple go rather than come..... Terming it "bad sex".... So wats my point here? Showering b4 sex is paramount
ReplyDeleteSmh, sex filled brain.
DeleteHahahaha!!
DeleteSimply hilarious!
Too many characters.
Is that what we should do after eating Abacha?
DeleteYes its good to shower before and after sex
DeleteKikikikiki
DeleteLmao... Abeg who be this one again?
DeleteLooool. I love your recipe!
DeleteEwu Gambia!
DeleteIs sex food?
lol....your head dey dia anon
Deletelmaooooo
Delete@Irene too. ...kikikikikikiki
Lol
DeleteShower before n after sex? Ndị ITK ọkachamara nnọọ nụ.
Yes before and after is my way cos i hate the smell of sperm.
DeleteSo if Konji hook me I go they find shower first? No be only bath na swim.
DeleteHmmmm m... Can't deal.. Looks good tho
ReplyDeleteAs in ehn... Na real can't deal... Ain't eating that!
DeleteBut u can deal with gbenshing a person u ve not meet b4 skin to skin.
DeleteYou have not meet?
DeleteOf course, blame it on auto correct , liar!!
You have really humilated English language on this blog.
Lmaoo.. Choi! This blog sha. So Mr. Money maker, are you telling me Miss Mae cannot drink water and drop cup again? Leave her alone please.
DeleteMiss Mae, na waah .
DeleteU are busy talking about auto correct.when l expected you to deny doing it with him flesh to flesh.
Smh.
So you are now a food blogger????
ReplyDeleteAny problem?
DeleteYeah any problem? Try visit other blog and see how dey ve copy and paste Stella way of blogging!
DeleteWhat's your father's business?
DeleteFace front!
DeleteGerrara here....fool
DeleteAnon,so you're still on this matter? I thought we've passed this stage?Abi you neva tire.
DeleteEwu
question!!!! mtcheewww
DeleteNa wa o. Who is this anon that keeps trolling posts with hate? First it was wedding dresses, then it was his/her problem with international news, now this. Bitterness rots the soul dear Anon. Let it go.
DeleteEven mountain blogger,she is! As long as there is something blog gable about the mountain.stupid "kweshion"
DeleteAnon 13:15, get over it.
DeleteShe is a versatile blogger.l hope you can now sleep peacefully.
Bitter leaves heart.
DeleteYes she is
Any problem?
Hahaha
lo...stella stella this is a sarcastic post...the message is clear.
ReplyDeletehope they wont be angry again..
Na wa ooo...na everything dem dey form tush,chicken...turkey... Chicken again for abacha? Whatever happened to kpomo n fried fish?
ReplyDeleteAs in eh correct fish or peppered pomo and palm wine to go.I love my Enugu people
DeleteThere's dis way I learnt.
ReplyDeleteHeat palm oil a bit. Add diced onions,ogiri mixed with water,añara(diced),ukpaka,blended clayfish,seasoning,etc.
Turn am well o.
Then add to Abacha small small n turn well. Put back on fire n keep turning. Bring down,serve with badass fish or Pomo. It goes down well with chilled Coke or Pepsi.
I learnt that style from an Enugu woman.
Better, i like hot food. I'm going to look fr all these, can't even pronounce them but i wannntttt. Thanks
DeleteNa so mumsy dey prepare her own. Delicious
DeleteThat's the fried one.I no too like that method. The local way is still the best.
DeleteAbeg wer ur address? You are Badt........*singing* I can only imagine chai
DeleteThat's how I do mine minus the ogiri. I fry sausage and put in my daughter's own. She doesn't like fish.
DeleteMore delicious with fish sef..
ReplyDeleteStella, abacha is far better with fish and better peppered kpomo. The folded kpomo oh. Am not a fan sha. Abacha is the first thing ur given to in my place before anyother food. Its like appetizer in oji river.
ReplyDeleteYou're from Enugu state, oji river for that matter? ?? issorait o.
DeleteAnd am from EzeAgu and my mum from Udi na we get abacha. WE call am Jigbo.
DeleteYes, Oji n Eziagu. Ndi oji Nbacha awa ọjị
DeleteWow
DeleteOji River. I had a pal from Achi. Chai. I will never ever forget her mum's Abacha and fish. She taught me how to prepare the Abacha,but I no dey get that correct taste.
Ishi la agu,ishi la ulo
Nkanu Akpugo nah we get Abacha (ogodo)
DeleteLol@Irene B am not from Achi.
DeleteIf u have never tasted Abacha ndi Achi, then you are yet to eat abacha. Achi ishii l'agu, ishii l'ulo! Unu bokwara?
Delete@Nzube and Irene....Hmmmm.
DeleteSee languages.
Me like.
Agu ebee ka ino, ino Na enu, ka ino Na ana, unu aputakwara.
Hahaha
Oh Xmas.
I just can't wait.
@nwa amaka are you from awlaw abi inyi?
DeleteUna no go kee me lmao
DeleteUna no go kee me lmao
DeleteNice 1
ReplyDeleteMy good old Abacha. I'm not from the East, but I love abacha and okpa like no man's business. I have customers for dem sef. But na kpomo sure pass with abacha o. The good thing is it is not fattening at all.
ReplyDeleteI was reading your comment and nodding in agreement till I got to the part where you said it's not fattening. Say whaaaat????? Do you even know what it's made from?
DeleteSassy, it's simply the hide of a cow na. Is it fattening? Have always been under impression that the body is indifferent to it because of it's lack of nutrients and all that.
DeleteOluyomi chop sloppy kiss jare. Sabi babe!
DeleteIyawo...loading.
DeleteOriaku anyi o.
My good old Abacha. I'm not from the East, but I love abacha and okpa like no man's business. I have customers for dem sef. But na kpomo sure pass with abacha o. The good thing is it is not fattening at all.
ReplyDeleteAha!! You just reminded me of okpa and igba as my grandmum and great grandma calls it..
DeleteVery yummy.
Igba is different from okpa is stronger.
DeleteI need recipe for meat pie!!!
ReplyDeleteCynham u are needed here o
DeleteThanks Miriam
DeleteVery easy
DeleteMeat & Pie
Efe,u must be FAT.
Deletecharismatic diva
Delete...why evils...lmao
Charismatic... Hahahaha.
DeleteWetin you swallow today.
Chai
U are welcome Efe
Delete-you know who
The chicken 🍗 us not looking fine jor
ReplyDeleteSo no need to cook @ oil? Won't the palm oil taste fresh/raw in it? Would like 2 try it but the not cooking part is making me skeptic. Though if u are saying African salad, so no need to cook, I can't still take fresh oil, can I fry the oil first, or not add oil @ all?
ReplyDeleteYou can fry your fish in red oil.then use the oil for making the Abacha.
DeleteNo need to cook the oil. Little heating will do. Oil is a must. The freshness is what u need.
DeleteAfter soaking your abacha,heat it until it is very hot and has no water in it again.it will help with the fresh oil taste that you don't like.
DeleteAnd don't forget to brush your teeth after eating, else your teeth gets 'colorized'. Hohoho.
DeleteHmmmmm can't d deal biko.
ReplyDeleteAbacha is African salad or tapioca for those in Yankee.
ReplyDeleteOh African salad with pomo or fried fish, I love it. Salivating already.
ReplyDeleteNice one. I will try it.
ReplyDeletewww.ckjacob.com
Abacha with diced pormo, fish, those very small n bitter garden egg ma best anytime.. There's this Okazi salad I ate in Abia very nice too, that was Okazi, little Otazi n d oilysauce(oil, grounded crayfish, seasoning etc) with diced pormo n correct oporoko..
ReplyDeleteGuess 2day's recipe is 4 d easterners not 4 evrybodi especially pple frm d south west well no prob sha d day I wil also share my own native food recipe (gbegiri nd ewedu wit amala) mak una no complain ooo ehn ehn.
ReplyDeleteIf you get recipe,send am in.Stella go post am.but let it be the one you personally cooked o.
DeleteI want to taste ewedu
DeleteBukola please share o, can't wait, btw are from oyo state?
DeleteAbeg why em jay neva comment 2day nw abi she don go redeem her prize ni(1 bed shit nd 4 pillow case) 4 d channel wey she say mak we tak vote 4 her? LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL
DeleteJust prepared mine now to reduce the salivation!!! Isuochi Abacha rocks mehn
ReplyDeleteThis chicken looks miserable.Love abacha.
ReplyDeleteIt is best to use Ngwo (Ngwo is a healthy liquid that is gotten ftom the ashes of mango leaves, pawpaw leaves, and so many other leaves. You can get a bottle of Ngwo for 200 naira in any market) instead of potash because potash usually runs the tummy. Ugba can be added to the Abacha as well. Abacha goes well with cow tail pieces or Stockfish. Chicken doesn't do it at all. This is how we ibos do it.
ReplyDeleteNgu is good too but if you know how to mix your potash and the quantity to use,then there won't be anything like purging.
DeleteIt is best to use Ngwo (Ngwo is a healthy liquid that is gotten ftom the ashes of mango leaves, pawpaw leaves, and so many other leaves. You can get a bottle of Ngwo for 200 naira in any market) instead of potash because potash usually runs the tummy. Ugba can be added to the Abacha as well. Abacha goes well with cow tail pieces or Stockfish. Chicken doesn't do it at all. This is how we ibos do it.
ReplyDeleteIGBOS nne not ibos. Dalu
DeleteSmoked scumbia fish with abacha is bae..
ReplyDeleteTear into tiny shreds and stir together with ur abacha and tiny diced onions and roundly cut fresh tomatoes.
Choi,i feel like drinking sweet unadulterated palmwine.
Abacha! Chai! I am definitely making it this evening. You just wanna eat abacha!!
ReplyDeleteAbacha and chicken?!....NAAAA!!!. Please serve it with fish (dry/smoked/stock) and good old pomo and u're sure good to go.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, if u can lay ur hands on any sort of dried peppered bush meat incase u're not a fish fan, den I'd say u're blessed!
Dis post just tickled my taste buds...will sure make dis tomorrow or next.
So yummy I like abacha but it always give me heart burn whenever I eat it.
ReplyDeleteThat chicken looks photoshopped
ReplyDeleteI usually buy it when I got to the market. I love eating it with Eja kika and ponmo but I don't think I can have time to prepare.
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for those of you whoo ot havethetime to go to e market you can order for your the ingredients on the receipe on www.mile12market.com
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