Does anyone here like coco yam? how do you like it prepared?. My grandpa had acres of cocoyam at the back of his house, both the Ghanaian variety and the little Nigerian variety so we got very creative with it growing up.Anyway, here is my take on a classic tuber
Ingredient
1 tuber coco yam ( peeled, washed, cut and salted)
oil for frying ( for a healthy spin, oven baked the yam instead)
The spread
1 medium size fish ( any kind, I used salmon Mackerel is divine)
2 medium size Jalapeno pepper or green Habanero (chopped)
1 small tin tomato puree
1 small onion (chopped)
salt and maggi to taste
Direction
Set a medium pot on medium heat, add in some oil.Once the oil is hot, fry the cocoyam until cooked and crispy. Dry the fried yam on paper towel
The spread
Cut and clean the fish, add about 1/2 cup water to a small pot. add in some maggi and salt, then set the fish in. boil for 7-10mins.
Remove the boiled fish from the water,set to cool. Seperate the fish from the bone
Place a satay pan over medium heat, add in 3Tspns of oil. Add in the onions, cook for 3-4mins.
Add in the tomatoe puree and 3 tspns of water, cover for 5mins. Add in some salt, curry and maggi to taste.
Add in the fish and the chopped Jalapeno, combine.
Serve the spread with Cocoyam, sweet potatoe or nomal white yam.
Enjoy!




Please ma, do u have a receipe on Fried YAM as in DUN DUN?.. mehn ur posts always as ever inspire me..
Mum and I made ojojo from your website/receipe it didnt taste like my childhood ones. Mum said maybe its the yam and that how ojojo should taste.(me i am not too sure ohh) I showed her your glorious foods…. waters mouth..
So am thinking one day, I will sample your dishes and u will cater for my wedding… lol.. big dreams oh..
funny.
xx
Have you been reading my mind? I just made dundu (sweet potato fries) this weekend and I was going to do a post on it soonest. I will be sure to get it up soon.
What did you use for the ojojo? My recipe is a modification (Given proximity and all), original ojojo is made from water yam (slimy and dark colored yam). If you have access to water yam, you should try it out (without flour or eggs
Thanks for showing your mum the site