Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, asaro/ yam porridge. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Yam pottage/Yam Porridge (Asaro) Recipe - Asaro which is also known as Yam pottage or Yam porridge is a very delicious Yam recipe though it's eaten by most tribes in Nigeria but it's more common in the Yoruba speaking parts of Nigeria. Yam porridge or Asaro is another delicious Nigerian yam dish cooked in a well-seasoned pepper mix until soft and fluffy with some yam chunks. It is very quick and easy to make.

Asaro/ Yam Porridge is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Asaro/ Yam Porridge is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook asaro/ yam porridge using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Asaro/ Yam Porridge:

1. Take 1 medium size yam tuber
2. Take Blended scotch bonnet and onion
3. Get 1 satchet tomato paste
4. Get 2 garlic cloves
5. Take Ground crayfish
6. Make ready 3 seeds calabar nutmeg
7. Prepare 1 sachet onga classic seasoning
8. Get Black pepper
9. Prepare cubes Seasoning
10. Get Pinch salt
11. Get Veg oil as required
12. Prepare Palm oil as required
13. Make ready 1 mackerel fish
14. Make ready 1 lemon
15. Prepare Water as required
16. Make ready Bunch spinach (chopped)

Some people also like adding vegetables to it. Porridge yam is one of the most delicious foods in Nigeria. Although it's mostly known as a porridge one could compare it more to mashed potatoes. Instead of just serving plane mashed yam add all these delicious species and ingredients to come up with this delicious dish that originally comes from the Yoruba people of Nigeria, but is now.

Instructions to make Asaro/ Yam Porridge:

1. Cut and wash the fish with 1 lemon juice. Rinse and pat dry
2. Heat vegetable oil in a pan. Season and fry the fish. Drain and set aside
3. Add same veg. oil in a cooking pot mix with little palm oil if you desire. Add the crushed garlic fry till fragnant and add your blended pepper mixture. Fry for few minutes
4. Add tomato paste and fry
5. Add your seasonings and spices. Fry for 3 min
6. Add your stock or water enough to cook the yam
7. Add ground crayfish cover pot and bring to boil
8. Now, add your washed diced yams to the boiling pot and cook till soft or tender
9. De bone your fish and add
10. Finally add your chopped vegetable. Adjust salt and seasoning if necessary. Mash the yams to your preference. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 3min
11. Serve hot and enjoy your plate of goodness
12. Note: you can add any protein of choice, like offals or kpomo. You can as well use other vegetables like pumpkin leaves, parsley, moringa, curry leaves or scent leaves. You can as well serve with friend plantain if you wish or eat as it is. Enjoy!

Asaro is a special type of mashed yam porridge done by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. How to prepare the Yoruba thick and spicy yam porridge (Asaro) Asaro has a unique colour, feel and taste. Yam porridge with tomatoes is another version of making yam porridge without palm oil, the yam is immersed in tomato sauce hence the reddish color. Asaro - Yam pottage, 'Yam Poh' or Sese Yams in Cameroon is a one-pot meal that is prepared with either white or yellow yams or any starchy tuber (cocoyam, sweet potatoes, plantains,). Porridge Yams aka Potash, Asaro - An easy one pot meal, made with yams and leafy greens enjoyed throughout West Africa also known as Sese Yams in Cameroon.

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