Ikokore (ijebu ikokore - wateryam porridge)

Ingredients 

Water yam 

Oil

Crayfish or smoke prawns or both

Sharwa 

Dried fish or any fish of your choice or meat

Dried pepper

Stock cube to taste 

Step 1: Peel, wash and grate the water yam.. using the smallest part of your grater

Step 2: Add all the dried ingredients including oil and fish.. (I prefer to add oil at the beginning rather than at the end).

Step 3.while the water boils, start  dropping water yam gently into the pot. 

Step 4: Stir gently and allow to boil, you can add more water if need.. be warned it does burn (so keep you eyes peeled on the cooker. I suggest low heat).. allow the water yam to cook through 

Enjoy, 

Fish Stew (Obe Eja)

This delicious fresh fish stew is easy to prepare and always a hit. It's lovely on white steamed rice or with some swallow if combined with okra or vegetable sauce. 

*when cooking fish stew or soup, I always go for a wide pan... because this prevents the fish from shredding into pieces when stirring. I upped to fry my own fish, so feel free to leave your's fried or unfried... You will still end up with a tasty pot of stew!!!

INGREDIENTS

To Season Fish
1teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ginger
1tablespoon chicken stock cube/powder

For stew
Red bell peppers (tatashe)
Fresh tomatoes or canned plum, tomatoes
Onions
Scotch Bonnet (ata rodo)
170ml vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon curry powder 
1/2 teaspoon thyme 
11/2 tablespoon stock

*I typically avoiding stating quantity because some people would prefer it spicier or milder, some want to use very little or no oil...what is pictured can serve as a guide. Feel free to adjust to personal preference.

*Always start by seasoning your fish with some stock cubes and spices... then leave to marinate for at least an hour, bear in mind, the longer the better.
Fry and set your fish aside.














Blend the peppers, tomatoes, rodo (scotch bonnet) and onions very smooth, then pour in your wide/big pan.

Immediately add in the vegetable oil, stock cube, thyme and curry... stir together, cover then allow to cook for 10-15mins. You want the raw tomato taste to get boiled off.

Now add in the fish, salt, seasoning cube and taste. Allow the stew to simmer for another 5-10mins, stir carefully and its ready.

Stew is ready to be paired with okro, rice, ewedu or eaten with BREAD....

Designer local native stew.. the best alternative to ofada stew or ayamase

By NK's PASSIONS

É Fry ... This sauce is one of the best thing since slice Bread I tell You! 
I made it with an almost Rotten Tomatoes, loads of Onions and loads of pepper! 
And I used a Surinam version of Iru ... It smells just like Iru but not that strong .. It taste amazing!!! 

Ingredients

Tomatoes (slightly rotten🙊)
Fresh pepper
White and Red Tomatoes
Smoked Turkey 
Big dried Prawns 
Knorr & Royco cubes (Bullion) 
Palm and Olive Oil 
Iru/Ogiri/Évbarię but I used a Surinam version of Iru

Step 1. Get all ingredients together. 

Step 2. These are the Tomatoes, about 2 big balls of Onions .. About 8-9 fresh peppers ( trust me they are HT)!!

Step 3. I roughly blended it like this using the "Pause" button....

Step 4. Then boil for some minutes to dry the water out...

Step 5. Then added my Surinam Iru and Blended crayfish ... Then set aside

Step 6. Then in a pot ... Pour a bit of Olive oil (u can use any other type) ... Palm oil!!! Make sure the Palm oil is more ...

Step 7. Am using the Covering technique to bleach the oil (NB Please make sure you KEEP AN EYE while doing this please!!!

Step 8. After about .. 6-7mins ...

Step 9. Pour in your "White Onions" first .. Remember am using 2 types!!!  And fry for 2-3mins allowing the onions to flavour the oil

Step 10. Then pour on your .. Cooked pepper ..

Step 11. Followed by your .. Dried prawns and smoked Turkey (or whatever u are using) ...

Step 12. Stir and let it simmer for 2-3mins ....By now the whole house will be testifying

Step 13. Then add your stork Cubes ...

Step 14. Then allow it to cook for about 5-7mins.. If you noticed is drying out .. Just add a 'tiny' water...

Step 15Then you will notice the oil is kind of settling ontop ... Time to add our other onions ..

Step 16. Then add the 'Red Onions' I know you guys will ask why I do this .  I like my onions a bit crunchy and adding your Onions at this stages changes the game of the Sauce... 

Step 17. Just let it simmer for 3-4mins .. And taste for Salt !!!! See how the red Onions beautifies it

Step 18. I normally will add another Cube of Knorr or Maggi ... But I decided to use salt because Dried Prawn is an organic Food Sweetner...

Step 19. Native stew is incomplete without some Boiled eggs😬 In Margret voice ..slash some eggs and put inside