Name: Pounded Yam
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: pounded yam
Cuisine: Local
Ingredients: – Half a tuber of African Yam; – Half a teaspoon of salt; – Water to boil yam chunks ( 2 cups)

Description

Learn to make one of the famous swallow in Nigeria!

Ingredients

– Half a tuber of African Yam

– Half a teaspoon of salt

– Water to boil yam chunks ( 2 cups)

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Instructions

1, Commence by the cutting yam pieces into smaller chunks, but peel off the back first

2. Then boil your yam chunks till they are soft enough to pound

3. Remove your yam from the water used to boil

4. Set about half a cup at the yam water aside for pounding

5. If you are going the mortar and pestle way, add your yam in bits and pour in your yam water to ease the process, then pound till the yam forms well with no lumps

6. If you are going the food processor way, you can add your yam cubes all at once, followed by the yam water and pulse a few times till well formed.

5. Scoop out your pounded yam, and serve with any soup of your choice.

Notes

Enjoy

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Category: TSJ’s food recipe
Method: pounding/ with food processor
Cuisine: Local

Nutrition

Serving Size: 3 adults