ACHICHA

Recipe for four servings

REQUIREMENTS

- 1 cup Achicha (Dried cocoyam)
- 1 cup Akidi oji
- 5 wraps Ugba.
- 2 cooking spoons Palm oil
- 4 medium size Pepper - 2 medium bulb Onions
- ½ small size Ukpehe
- 2 maggi cube
- 2 litres Water
- Salt to taste



What you do

Pound the achicha to a coarse texture.Wash 2 times and soak in cold water till it doubles in size.

Place a pot on fire and pour 6 cups of water.Add the akidi oji and continue cooking.Keep adding 2 cups of water when the water dries up in the pot.Cook for 2 hours till akidi oji is soft.

Wash the achicha 3 times and drain, squeeze out the excess water. Pour the achicha into a sieve and place on top of the akidi oji and cover the pot.Steam for 30 minutes

Remove the achicha from the pot and set aside.Drain off excess water from akidi oji and set aside

Heat palm oil in a pan for 1 minute,add onions, maggi, ukpehe, fresh pepper and ugba,fry for 3 minutes.

Mix the achicha and akidi oji together and pour into the sauce and mix thoroughly.Simmer for 2 minutes

Serve hot.

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