An Ijebu pottage delicacy made with grated Wateryam. Typically it is eaten with Eba (cold eba preferrably).
Ingredients
- 5 slices Wateryam
- 1/2 cup Palm oil
- 1 cup blended pepper mix (tatashe/bawa/jalepeno pepper + Atarodo/Scotch bonnet + Onions, Ratio 4:1:1)
- 2 cups rich stock
- Assorted Meats (about 100g or 1.5cups) (beef, offals, ponmo, cow foot)
- 2 Medium sized smoked tilapia (shredded)
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Stock fish
- 1 small smoked catfish (shredded)
- 1/4 cup powdered crayfish
- Salt to taste
- 2 Bouillon Cubes (eg Knorr)
Procedure
- Using the small grit of your grater, grate your slices of yam. If you have a food processor you can use the similar attachment on your processor to grate the yam.
- If you don’t have your stock ready, boil your meats, season with salt, seasoning cubes and one onion. Cook till done.
- Then add your pepper blend, and palm oil, allow it cook for ten minutes then add the all the fish and crayfish. If you had your stock ready, cook pepper first with palm oil, then add the stock, fish and meat. Taste for seasoning.
- When all these are well incorporated, spoon the grated Wateryam in small portions into the broth. If the fluid is too little add some more water and allow it to cook till the yam is well cooked. Stir with a wooden spoon or ladle.
- Your Ikokore should be ready within 10 minutes of adding the grated Wateryam and cooking on medium heat.
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