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Agbugbu (nigerian Pigeon Pea and Yam Porridge)

Traditional dish with pigeon peas, yam, cut into small pieces and rinsed, onions.

Ingredients

  • to taste pigeon peas
  • to taste yam, cut into small pieces and rinsed
  • to taste onions
  • to taste ground crayfish
  • to taste ground pepper
  • to taste palm oil

Steps

  1. Pick any dirt or debris out of the pigeon peas.
  2. Wash them and soak in water overnight.
  3. Drain away the soaking water.
  4. Cover the pigeon peas in fresh water and bring to a boil.
  5. Cook until tender, then drain.
  6. Boil the yam in water until tender, then drain.
  7. Fry the onions, ground crayfish, ground pepper in a pan with palm oil.
  8. Add the drained yam and pigeon peas.
  9. Stir gently.
  10. Season with salt to taste.

Adapted from “Agbugbu (Nigerian Pigeon Pea and Yam Porridge)”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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