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Sunday, October 04, 2015

Sunday Special Recipe!

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.

Method
●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.


201 comments:

  1. Thats my favorite. Prepared it yesterday. Yummy Yummy

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    1. NNE.. Are you from Enugu?

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    2. Nice one. Abacha goes better with fish.
      Thanks Omalicious for sharing.

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    3. Nice one. Abacha goes better with fish.
      Thanks Omalicious for sharing.

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    4. Now i'm beginning to feel you are a popular BV who has been missing since someone attacked her. Hmmm

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    5. Wow this is yummy - prepared abacha not long ago. Now I'm really craving it

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    6. Nice one, not a fan of Abacha tho' .

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    7. Anon 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.

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    8. Potash isn't good for human consumption. The abacha looks tasty anyway but it's best served with fish or canda (kwomo) and not chicken.

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    9. Your head dey there anon, that is so fucking Linda Eze, you are smart!!

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    10. Use 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.

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    11. Ijekuje! In this era of health consciousness

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    12. So Cynthia Sani and Cynham cakes are one n dsame? Hmmmmm! Exactly the same comments, asin word 4 word.

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    13. Stella it tastes better with fish

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    14. Ewoo oooh.
      So,Linda Eze and Cynthia Sani can identify each other from their comments. I am watching two of you in 3D.

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    15. Thanks 4 dis stella i just love u

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    16. Nice one. But its always better to prepare abacha with ncha.

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  2. Hahahaha, abacha with chicken??? Na fish dey make sense pass

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    1. Stellz use smoked fish
      Abacha with chicken ke?
      My favorite food of all times

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    2. LOL even the chicken gaaan.... Ah! make I no just talk.

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    3. I tell u. Some people go form die.

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    4. My 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

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    5. Exactly!
      Fish bu egwu eji Na Abacha

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    6. iranu...abacha...iranu...abacha
      don'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

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    7. Potash is cancerous.
      Ncha is better and healthier (burnt palm bunch)

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    1. Stella smoked salmon fish or Titus I dnt knw if u guys have it over then with correct kopmo is d ishhh menn.

      Abacha my all time food. If u want it to taste heavenly just add a pitch of effuru, choi uto.

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  4. Kai! 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

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    1. Gbam........... I miss Enugu

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    2. That Ani junction na correct abacha lol. I wil definitely hit dat place tomorrow

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    3. Chai, Gifted hands your head dey house .Okpa too na another food wey I no dey carry play that year....I miss 042 mehn!!!

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    4. 042 the place to be.

      Have u tried the woman at upper chime by O'Neal bustop? I have forgotten her name now. OMG!! **crying** how I miss 042.

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    5. There is one woman in obiagu where we eat abacha after school.
      Mama I and her neighbour
      They had primart school student friendly prices
      Lolll
      I miss 042

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    6. Choi 042 peeps full here, #I represent 042 too! I miss Emilly n madam Volvo Ora n onugbu soup

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    7. @Chy...and Mma Cee...
      The 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.

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    8. Aritzan market nko? Their own make sence die. Abacha is for 042 oooo,make dem leave am for us. Anyday!!!!!

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  5. My favorite food tho the ones others make always taste better than mime

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  6. Stella you know how far.I love it like kilode.So yummy.

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    1. Biko, 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

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    2. What is abacha without ugba?
      I'll have to be lying on a hospital bed before I eat anyything with raw potash ..yummy thing though.

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    3. Shurrup!!u know that Biko means pls but u don't know abacha?fear God na

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    4. Anon 13:57 I think some people call it tapioca or dried cassava or shredded dried cassava not sure of the English name biko.

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    5. @Chy...it's tapioca. Cassava flakes. You right.

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    6. Madam yankee, if you go to any African shop you will see it and it has a abacha written on it

      In fact my family know that to pick me up from airport and you don't have abacha na fight o.

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    7. Tapioca ke?
      Tapioca is different o.

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    8. Tapioca is Starch from Manioc

      *Abacha ain't flakes*

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    9. @Gbogbo Bigz Girls
      @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?

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  7. Abacha!!! I jump and pass 20times!!!
    A 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!

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    1. Heiya
      That one wasn't prepared well maybe

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    2. Say what?? Who Drinks palm oil at night? Lmao

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    3. I 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

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    4. Sorry dear, maybe the potash she used was too much for it, and you probably having delicate bowels reacted to it.

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    5. Ngu or ncha is better than potash, no side effects.

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    6. Its the potash that causes runny stomach. Use ncha instead.

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  8. What is utazi, abacha, ogiri?

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    1. Utazi is a vegetable. Abacha is Abacha now just ask in the market. Ogiri is iru dawadawa.

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    2. Thank you oh

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    3. Abacha is african salad in English. Ukwa is breadfruit hope i got the spelling right shaa

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    4. Una do well, jst feel like eating it tonight lol d hype dey make d thing hungry mio.

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  9. Abacha is better with fish and without the potash, also no need to add water or else it becomes soggy.

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    1. Without potash and water? And you are sure it is not fried abacha that you are preparing.

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    2. Ahahahaha ! Fried Abacha kwa??
      Jane k , how do u make Abacha sauce without potash? We re in d season of learning innit? Lol

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    3. Triumphant Zion. Nne m jukwa ya o. People and forming how to cook differently. Madam Jane answer us

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    4. Lol! It's not fried abacha dear it's original Enugu abacha. I invite you to come give it a try.

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    5. Jane abeg tell them. Nah we get Abacha and that's the proper way to make it.which one is add water? Mbanu

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    6. As 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.

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    7. I was wondering o
      Which 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

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    8. 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.

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  10. Every other thing up there is on point.

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    1. On point.
      Only 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.

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    2. I need to visit home immediately. I must eat abacha and mmanya ocha plus okpa wawa and pepsi.

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    3. Mbanu XP, na Udi palm wine for mgbeke's shop. Don't try dia bush meat too. Choi! Udi be anyi amaka ooo!!!

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    4. Xhlrtd your head dey dia wella! You know wassup.

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    5. @datudichic...biko give me direction. Thanks

      @jane krane...where dem dey go, I don pass am tey tey.
      Xmas should come already.

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    6. Datudichick ur head design there. Abacha nwa mgbeke plus palm from nke nwunye John. Udi groove no get part two. I rep 042 mbok
      Omah Cindy

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  11. I jump and pass 20times!!!
    A 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.

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    1. May be their was too much of Akanwu in it or may be she used Maggi white.

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  12. Abeg chicken for Abacha? Naaaaaaahhhhhh put some thick pepperd Pomo then tell me how far! Yummyyyyyyyy

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  13. Stella 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.

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    1. What's d English name of d ingredients pls!?!

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  14. I will like to prepare it,pls wot is abacha

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  15. Good but best savoured with Dried or smoked fish.

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  16. Who eats abacha with chicken?
    Fish and kpomo sure pass!!!

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  17. Lemme 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

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    1. Is that what we should do after eating Abacha?

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    2. Yes its good to shower before and after sex

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    3. Lmao... Abeg who be this one again?

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    4. Looool. I love your recipe!

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    5. lol....your head dey dia anon

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    6. lmaooooo

      @Irene too. ...kikikikikikiki

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    7. Lol
      Shower before n after sex? Ndị ITK ọkachamara nnọọ nụ.

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    8. Yes before and after is my way cos i hate the smell of sperm.

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    9. So if Konji hook me I go they find shower first? No be only bath na swim.

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  18. Hmmmm m... Can't deal.. Looks good tho

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    1. As in ehn... Na real can't deal... Ain't eating that!

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    2. But u can deal with gbenshing a person u ve not meet b4 skin to skin.

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    3. You have not meet?

      Of course, blame it on auto correct , liar!!

      You have really humilated English language on this blog.

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    4. 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.

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    5. Miss Mae, na waah .
      U are busy talking about auto correct.when l expected you to deny doing it with him flesh to flesh.
      Smh.

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  19. So you are now a food blogger????

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    1. Any problem?

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    2. Yeah any problem? Try visit other blog and see how dey ve copy and paste Stella way of blogging!

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    3. What's your father's business?

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    4. Gerrara here....fool

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    5. Anon,so you're still on this matter? I thought we've passed this stage?Abi you neva tire.
      Ewu

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    6. Na 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.

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    7. Even mountain blogger,she is! As long as there is something blog gable about the mountain.stupid "kweshion"

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    8. Anon 13:15, get over it.
      She is a versatile blogger.l hope you can now sleep peacefully.

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    9. Bitter leaves heart.
      Yes she is
      Any problem?
      Hahaha

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  20. lo...stella stella this is a sarcastic post...the message is clear.
    hope they wont be angry again..

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  21. Na wa ooo...na everything dem dey form tush,chicken...turkey... Chicken again for abacha? Whatever happened to kpomo n fried fish?

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    1. As in eh correct fish or peppered pomo and palm wine to go.I love my Enugu people

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  22. There's dis way I learnt.

    Heat 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.

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    1. Better, i like hot food. I'm going to look fr all these, can't even pronounce them but i wannntttt. Thanks

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    2. Na so mumsy dey prepare her own. Delicious

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    3. That's the fried one.I no too like that method. The local way is still the best.

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    4. Abeg wer ur address? You are Badt........*singing* I can only imagine chai

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    5. That's how I do mine minus the ogiri. I fry sausage and put in my daughter's own. She doesn't like fish.

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  23. More delicious with fish sef..

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  24. Stella, 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.

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    1. You're from Enugu state, oji river for that matter? ?? issorait o.

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    2. And am from EzeAgu and my mum from Udi na we get abacha. WE call am Jigbo.

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    3. Yes, Oji n Eziagu. Ndi oji Nbacha awa ọjị

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    4. Wow
      Oji 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

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    5. Nkanu Akpugo nah we get Abacha (ogodo)

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    6. Lol@Irene B am not from Achi.

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    7. If u have never tasted Abacha ndi Achi, then you are yet to eat abacha. Achi ishii l'agu, ishii l'ulo! Unu bokwara?

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    8. @Nzube and Irene....Hmmmm.
      See languages.
      Me like.

      Agu ebee ka ino, ino Na enu, ka ino Na ana, unu aputakwara.
      Hahaha

      Oh Xmas.
      I just can't wait.

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    9. @nwa amaka are you from awlaw abi inyi?

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  25. 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.

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    1. I 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?

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    2. Sassy, 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.

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    3. Oluyomi chop sloppy kiss jare. Sabi babe!

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  26. 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.

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    1. Aha!! You just reminded me of okpa and igba as my grandmum and great grandma calls it..
      Very yummy.

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    2. Igba is different from okpa is stronger.

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  27. I need recipe for meat pie!!!

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  28. The chicken 🍗 us not looking fine jor

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  29. So 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?

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    1. You can fry your fish in red oil.then use the oil for making the Abacha.

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    2. No need to cook the oil. Little heating will do. Oil is a must. The freshness is what u need.

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    3. After 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.

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    4. And don't forget to brush your teeth after eating, else your teeth gets 'colorized'. Hohoho.

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  30. Hmmmmm can't d deal biko.

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  31. Abacha is African salad or tapioca for those in Yankee.

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  32. Oh African salad with pomo or fried fish, I love it. Salivating already.

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  33. Nice one. I will try it.
    www.ckjacob.com

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  34. 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..

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  35. Guess 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.

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    1. If you get recipe,send am in.Stella go post am.but let it be the one you personally cooked o.

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    2. Bukola please share o, can't wait, btw are from oyo state?

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  36. Abeg 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

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  37. Just prepared mine now to reduce the salivation!!! Isuochi Abacha rocks mehn

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  38. This chicken looks miserable.Love abacha.

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  39. It 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.

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    1. Ngu 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.

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  40. It 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.

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  41. Smoked scumbia fish with abacha is bae..
    Tear 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.

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  42. Abacha! Chai! I am definitely making it this evening. You just wanna eat abacha!!

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  43. Abacha and chicken?!....NAAAA!!!. Please serve it with fish (dry/smoked/stock) and good old pomo and u're sure good to go.

    Alternatively, 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.

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  44. So yummy I like abacha but it always give me heart burn whenever I eat it.

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  45. That chicken looks photoshopped

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  46. I 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.

    Bolateethole.blogspot.com

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  47. 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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