Porridge is the most special meal anyone can make from yam, that is not a mere talk, it is a fact! Yam porridge with vegetables is a great recipe for yam and it is loved by many Nigerians. If you want your yam porridge to enter another level of sweetness, just add vegetables to it. Even though the vegetable is optional, it is always great when you add some vegetables.
Some will say they are not a fan of yam but I bet you will love to eat yam when cooked as porridge with vegetables. Adding vegetables to yam porridge will make it to be super delicious and more nutritious to eat.
Yam Porridge With Vegetables Video
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What is yam porridge?
Yam porridge is simply mashing cubes of yam with some seasonings, pepper mixture and protein food. Protein foods like dried fish, smoked fish, crayfish, stockfish, soft cow skin (ponmo), prawns, meat and mackerel can be added. It is highly nutritious and tasty due to the enriching ingredients that it contain.
The food is also known as yam pottage, in case you are wondering if this yam porridge is the same as yam pottage. Lol. They just use it interchangeably to describe the same dish.
Yam porridge is locally called Asaro by Yorubas, an ethnic group in Nigeria. The yam porridge (Asaro) is common among the Yoruba people but some other ethnic groups in Nigeria also love this dish and their method of preparing the dish is quite different.
Asides from making the yam porridge with vegetables you can also add any sauce to enjoy this dish better. The sauce is not necessary but if you feel you want the taste of a flavourful sauce on it, just to enhance the taste of your yam porridge. Feel free to add some, just make sure you do not use excessive seasoning for your yam porridge so that you can get a well-mixed dish.
What type of vegetable can I add to my yam porridge?
You can add any leafy green vegetable of choice, most especially the ones that can be eaten raw, has a thick texture and won’t shrink back too much when cooked. Examples of such leafy green are spinach, pumpkin, parsley or kale.
For this recipe, I used pumpkin leaf (Ugwu) as my porridge vegetable. It was the last thing I added to the porridge. I didn’t allow it to cook for more than 2 minutes so that I will not lose some of its nutritional value.
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How to prepare yam porridge with vegetable
That’s it about the delicious yam porridge with vegetables. Hope you like this recipe and you will give it a try. What do you like about Asaro? Please share with me below!