YAM RECIPES (IKOKORE)

YAM RECIPES (IKOKORE )

Ikokore  is very delicious and tasty. It is prepared with water yam and it is a favorite meal among the ljebu people, from Western Nigeria. It similar to Ekpang Kwukor. The difference is that it is not cooked with vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 1 tuber of water yam
• Palm oil
• 2 stock cubes
• 3 tbsp. Crayfish
• Salt (to taste)
• Diced scotch bonnets
• 1 onion                                                             

• 1 red bell pepper
• Smoked fish, ponmo and prawns
• Dried tilapia fish
• Assorted meat
• Water to cook
• 2 tbsp. Aroma condiments

How to cook Ikokore

-         Peel the yam, Cut into medium sizes, wash thoroughly and grate into a clean bowl. Season with salt and set aside.

-         Pour the stock fish into a clean pot. Add blended pepper, fish, shaki, ponmo and prawns boil for 25 minutes. - In a blender, perfectly blend chopped onions, red pepper ball, scotch bonnets and set aside.

While the content of the pot is boiling, cut grated yam into the pot in balls (like you are frying tiny puffs)
If the consistency is too thick, add water.
                                                                        

Then add seasoning and taste for salt. Add more salt if needed, and then stir.
The food does not take much time to cook, so you can turn down the heat and add your palm oil.
Let the palm oil cook (the fresh taste disappears). Turn off the heat and serve