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ikokore
Mmm IKOKORE, my love.
For me this dish is pretty personal, growing up in the UK it was a taste of Nigeria and since I moved to Nigeria it makes me feel like I’m in the village with my grandpa or something.
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This dish comes from my mums side of the family, it’s the food of her village people (Ijebu, Ogun State) and boy do they know how to make it!
They take it pretty seriously, I even heard some people eat it with cold eba...that’s a little OTT for me. I mean, why would you want to distract from the delicious taste of the ikokore itself?
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Anyway over the years from a little bit of my mums recipe, my aunties recipes and my cousins recipe (the Salus eat this a lot lol) I’ve curated my own personal recipe!
I take it pretty seriously too.
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I could lick the pot, I’m just mad over thisssss.
I want some now as I'm typing!
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:)
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Hope you feel the same.
If you make it let me know how it goes..
Yield: 3-4 servings
Prep time: 20mins or less (depends how fast you grate)
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: <45mins
Ingredients:
Water Yam, 1 tube
Dry/Stock Fish/cray fish, as much or little as you like
Palm Oil, 1/4 cup
Stock cube, x2
Dried pepper, 3 tablespoons
Salt, to taste
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Grocery Shopping:
Oniru Market
Prep:
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Peel the yam
Chop into hand sized chunks to make it easier to hold whilst grating, and rinse.
Using the tiniest side of the grater, grate all the yam into a large bowl
Once grated salt the grated yam a little bit and using your hands. Pound the mixture until smooth
Instructions:
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1. Bring water (a quarter of the pot you’re using), red oil and dried pepper to a boil.
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2. Using your hands, add small balls of the yam mixture into the boiling water.
Then add your fish or protein of your choice, stir slightly with a spatula making sure not to break the balls.
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3. Cover the pot, reduce the heat to a low medium and allow to cook for about 15mins before checking.
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4. Check and stir the contents of the pot, now with a little more intention to break the balls (the more broken the balls are the soupier your ikokore will be). Taste and add more stock cube, more pepper if required.
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6. Stir well and cover for final cook on low heat, approximately 10 mins.
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7. Check and remove from the heat and set aside.
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Your Ikokore is ready!
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This can be served hot or cold.
Those who want eba should make it lol
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Enjoy !
recipe video
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