Agbugbu (nigerian Pigeon Pea and Yam Porridge)
Traditional dish with pigeon peas, yam, cut into small pieces and rinsed, onions.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Nigeria
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
- Pick any dirt or debris out of the pigeon peas.
- Wash them and soak in water overnight.
- Drain away the soaking water.
- Cover the pigeon peas in fresh water and bring to a boil.
- Cook until tender, then drain.
- Boil the yam in water until tender, then drain.
- Fry the onions, ground crayfish, ground pepper in a pan with palm oil.
- Add the drained yam and pigeon peas.
- Stir gently.
- 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.