• Yam Pottage

    Do you call it yam pottage or yam porridge or even Asaro? Either way, you get the message. This meal is best served warm to enjoy the flavor of the meal. My preference is to have it really spicy hence the scotch bonnet peppers. However, you can choose not to have it as spicy. Here is how to make the Afrolems version.

    Recipe for Yam Pottage

    Ingredients

    8 medium chunks Yam

    Smoked Chicken

    1 cup of crayfish/fresh shrimp

    2 tomatoes

    2 cooking spoons of crushed tomato

    2 scotch bonnet peppers

    1 bulb onion

    1 cup of chopped spinach

    2 cooking spoons of palm oil

    2 table spoons of salt

    1 table spoon of dry pepper

    Seasoning cubes

    1 tablespoon of dry crayfish powder

    Method:

    • Cut, peel and wash the yam into 8 medium sized chunks
    • Put yam in pot with water and bring to boil
    • Add salt, dry pepper, seasoning cubes, chopped tomato, chopped onions and chopped scotch bonnet peppers
    • Add the crushed tomatoes.
    • Leave to boil till yam is soft *approximately 15-20 minutes (Test by piercing yam with a fork, if it is easy to pierce, it is soft)
    • Add the crayfish powder
    • Add the dry crayfish or shrimp
    • Add the smoked chicken and leave to cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
    • Add the spinach and stir in and allow simmering for 1 minute.
    • Add the palm oil and switch to low heat for 1 minute and your Yam pottage is served.

    Bon Appétit!

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    9 comments on “Yam Pottage”

    1. Sharon Salu Reply

      Surprise ingredient: Spinach. I haven’t made this with spinach before, so I would like to try that. And I love spicy food too so this recipe is right down my alley. By the way, I call it Porridge. Pottage sounds strange to me.

    2. Afrolems Reply

      The idea is always to have a balanced diet. Yam-Carbs, Smoked chicken- Protein, spinach, tomato-vitamins, oil- fats and oil, water etc. Thanks for your comment 🙂

    3. Kike Reply

      Just made this, finally got the taste of boarding school asaro I have been trying to get for years. The trick seems to be adding palm oil at the very end. Thanks!

    4. Fad Nur Reply

      Preparing Asaro with spinarch is the best. It makes it real and delicious. Adding crayfish wont be bad as well. I love eating good food of African source. The write up is good. Please keep it up!

    5. Joe Reply

      Love Asaro. It’s Yam pottage by the way. A porridge is made out of oatmeal and is a thick fluid.

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