This meal is very common in my village and reminds me of my attachment to my culture. It's a very delicious and nourishing meal and very cheap to cook too. Hope you try cooking it.
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Ingredients:
- Cocoyam leaves
- Dry or smoked fish ('Mbonga')
- Onion
- Leeks or Shallot
- Pepper
- Red oil
- Salt and Maggi
- Cocoyams and or Sweet potatoes. The tubers may vary depending on your preference. Sweet yam is also another great option.
Preparation:
- Wash leaves very well and boil them directly in the pot (most of the time it is tied in plastic papers before boiling but realising the health risk of cooking food in plastics, I highly discourage you from doing that).
- While it's boiling, prepare the onion, leeks/shallot, and fish (by taking out the bones and breaking them into smaller pieces if large).
- When leaves are done that is when they are quite soft and won't itch, drain the water and grind it. You can let it get cold before you grind it on a grinding stone or in case you are using a machine like in my case you can grind it almost immediately. You can also decide to grind all ingredients with the leaves if you prefer.
- Pour some palm oil into the pot and let it get hot (but don't bleach).
- Put salt and Maggi.
- Add the sliced ingredients to the hot oil and let it fry.
- Put in the fish and continue frying.
- Put in the cocoyam leaf paste and stir till well mixed. Taste to make sure the seasoning is OK.
- Let it cook till it gets thicker.
- Serve with cocoyams and/or sweet potatoes.
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