Appetites are more heightened than ever in this lockdown period, so it’s necessary to whip up tasty meals in record time.
This is a dig from my childhood memory. I never made this recipe for my nuclear family, but what better time to get creative than now!!!.
Recipe from my Igbo heritage: Down the memory lane
Coming from an Igbo family, we ate lots of vegetables and this recipe was stable in my childhood. Ogiri is a fermented locust bean mainly popular amongst the Igbos. Ukpaka is my prefered choice to ogiri, but currently, the available is desirable, “laughs”. The recipe requires a distinct flavour to lift the sauce. Maggi can’t do the magic, you just need a fermented substitute.
Iru is a good substitute if you don’t fancy ogiri.
Method
Hot Tip
- Suitable for weight watchers and diabetic (Use only unripe plantain).
- Serve sauce with any root vegetable of choice (yam, cocoyam, plantain and potatoe).
- Ukpaka is a delicious substitute for ogiri, you just stir it in at the end and warm for 3 minutes.
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