Wooow!!! My very best dish. I used to eat this every single day of the week...I miss home. You did a very great job I must confess...my mouth is watering lol
Thanks auntie Flo for your awesome videos. Abacha remains my all time favorite.. Pls I have a request to make, I want u to teach us how to make port harcourt bole especially the unique sauce used.
I'm glad you are enjoying them dear. For the potash, if you know any other food ingredient that can make the palm oil curdle, please share with us! Thanks.
Awww! It's great that you want to try this recipe. Abacha is made from boiled cassava tubers that are sliced into strands, soaked overnight then washed and dried in the sun. Ugba/ukpaka is made from oil bean seeds. These are very very very (lol) traditional ingredients and I'll be very surprised if they're sold in African stores outside Nigeria. We usually bring them from Nigeria. I put links to close-up shots of these ingredients in the description of the video. And thank you :)
Tell me something! So baking soda makes the palm oil cuddle? And it's a food tenderizer too? mmh that's music to my ears because I get lots of questions about an alternative to potash! Thanks for sharing. :) O yes, ehu is the one ingredient that gives abacha its traditional taste.
@mardorada Oh you were so lucky to even get it at all from your Mum. Trust me, we only got these from grandma during long vacs. Pure dose of delicious Abacha made with the thick ncha, served with a generous quantity of dry fish and garden eggs, every eke or afor day ... chai!
Everything came from Naija. In the city where I live, we can only buy a few African ingredients: palm oil, beans, yams, cocoyams and plantains. These core traditional stuff, I always buy from Naija :)
Ogiri is the secret Ingredient to this fabulous meal. it gives the delicacy its unique taste. all I have here is the potash (akawu) , red oil & dry abacha :( the rest I have to wait till I go back home (whenever). so for now, I'll just imagine myself munching the abacha&fish (and licking the plate at the end) in this video. hmmmm! LOL. Thanks for being there :)
@solzica82 I'm sure you'll have more that 5 dear :) If you have abacha, palm oil, potash, stock cubes then you are sorted :) And you'll definitely have pepper, crayfish?, salt (lol) and fish too :)
@yemi1akinsola You are welcome :) I know North America as a place where you can find almost every Naija ingredient if you live in the major "Naija cities" of the US. A subscriber that lives in Canada told me they can buy everything including Isi Ewu there so time to start hunting down those ingredients :)
@RABthefirst Yea, I went to dig out a traditional music to go with this very traditional Nigerian recipe :) This sort of music plays in the background when we eat this Abacha and wash it down with palm wine lol. And oh, this one will be too farfetched for you to prepare, too traditional even for some Nigerians.
oh boy oh boy, this is too much, my mouth is just salivating....are all these ingredients in North America? biko o, pls let us know o, thanks for the video madam
Yes, ncha is made by adding potash to palm oil which is what I did in the video. I guess it's the same way you make the ncha in your place, maybe you've never seen them making the ncha? :))) If you don't have potash (akanwu), then making the abacha with only palm oil is the way to go but if you can lay your hands on potash, then use it and you'll see the magical ncha materialise lol Enjoy!
hmmmm!this is the way forward o!my dear,i didnt know we could make the abacha with any palm oil.am from abia and we use a special oil to make this paste which we call 'ncha'.i will definitely try it out.i have been making mine by melting the oil we find here with the crayfish and pepper before seasoning and mixing.i usually make the ukpaka separate with stockfish and dry fish.thanks so much for sharing.i go try this one today today!
@NigerianFoodRecipes Abacha will be difficult to get also potash, but next time i go to african shop I will look for ingredients, because I want to make this salad for long time. Have a nice weekend!
If you want to make only Ugba, it is the same process, just skip the abacha and add kpomo (cow skin) if you have it. The title of the video says Abacha and Ugba because ugba was added to it.
@solzica82 Ahh my wife, Abacha and potash are the main ingredients so if you don't have them, I'm afraid you'll have to wait till they send them to you from Naija :( Unless you can buy them from the African shops where you are.
The ingredients for most of the recipes you see on my channel came from Nigeria because they are too traditional for the African shops here to carry them. So your friends probably don't make them because they can't buy the ingredients where you live. Trust me, I have not even scratched the surface on Nigerian foods, there are thousands more :D I'm glad you are enjoying the recipes :)
I just want to say thank you so much for sharing these recipes. May God bless your hands abundantly. I just moved out on my own and thanks to your videos I am able to cook and enjoy all the food my mum always cooked for me. There’s no better food than 9ja food😊😊😊
man the naija people i hang with and use to eat with them in their homes and party .. twww they dont make half of the stuff u do lol am ghanaian and always is pounded yam and egusi .. or eba .. thats it .. thanks for showing me that there is sooo much more
Amaka utazi is bitter and heartshaped while okazi is just a tough vegetable used in cooking soups. It is the vegetable that is known as Afang in Efik/Ibibio used in preparing Afang Soup.
whitedaisez I currently use AFP (African Food Products) Palm Oil but really the brand does not matter, just make sure it is pure palm oil and not adulterated with other products.No, regular nutmeg is not the same as calabash nutmeg and should not be added to Abacha. If you don't have calabash nutmeg, use black pepper. It's not an alternative but is a traditional ingredient.
Nzu, the edible clay? I know that some people lick it but it is not advisable. It is also ground into powder and used to treat heat rashes or nappy rashes on babies in those days.
Hi, I have the abacha,I was given and I want to make this dish. But please what is this ugbah like. Is it a kind of fish? Can it be replaced? Does the taste of this food changes without it? I live in Sweden and we don't have many African stores here. Thank you for your response
folasade85 ugba is shredded oil beans. You can skip it if you don't have it. It adds some taste to the abacha dish and makes the abacha ensemble "complete" but you can prepare it without it. :)
Those 2 ingredients will be hard to find in an African food shop, you can try though. You can make your own Abacha, video: ruclips.net/video/6AVXNR6Lapo/видео.html If you do not have calabash nutmeg, add black pepper. Not the same but yes, use black pepper. Or skip it.
Aww ... but you can make the Abacha with what you have at the moment, manage that while you wait for when you'll have all the orishirishi to make the real deal one! :D Unless you are an all-or-nothing kinda person :D
Please, what kind of vegetable or food item is this Abacha...does it come shredded? Does it have another name? I mean what is it, because the video does not explain and it seems to be the main ingredient. Please elaborate because I am Ghanaian and have no damn clue.
Sarafina Apollos Thank you. I watched another video that called it tapioca which I know is the starchy grits made from cassava juices used in sweet desserts like pudding; I think you gave the best description. Thanks again.
Nice job I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing. I have watched to the end before setting the table with your family. I hope that you will set yours too at my house see you
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Wooow!!! My very best dish. I used to eat this every single day of the week...I miss home. You did a very great job I must confess...my mouth is watering lol
Thanks auntie Flo for your awesome videos. Abacha remains my all time favorite..
Pls I have a request to make, I want u to teach us how to make port harcourt bole especially the unique sauce used.
God bless u real good, i love all your recipes. i wish i live in spain.,,...lol
am in Italy
I'm glad you are enjoying them dear. For the potash, if you know any other food ingredient that can make the palm oil curdle, please share with us! Thanks.
Awww! It's great that you want to try this recipe. Abacha is made from boiled cassava tubers that are sliced into strands, soaked overnight then washed and dried in the sun. Ugba/ukpaka is made from oil bean seeds. These are very very very (lol) traditional ingredients and I'll be very surprised if they're sold in African stores outside Nigeria. We usually bring them from Nigeria. I put links to close-up shots of these ingredients in the description of the video. And thank you :)
Tell me something! So baking soda makes the palm oil cuddle? And it's a food tenderizer too? mmh that's music to my ears because I get lots of questions about an alternative to potash! Thanks for sharing. :) O yes, ehu is the one ingredient that gives abacha its traditional taste.
Tried this and it came out so yummy and good
O yes! And it is sooo yummy! You sabi better thing o!
Next time I go to Nigeria I need to try this
Thanks dear! I'm glad you are getting some ideas from the videos :) Please don't stop cooking!
@mardorada Oh you were so lucky to even get it at all from your Mum. Trust me, we only got these from grandma during long vacs. Pure dose of delicious Abacha made with the thick ncha, served with a generous quantity of dry fish and garden eggs, every eke or afor day ... chai!
Everything came from Naija. In the city where I live, we can only buy a few African ingredients: palm oil, beans, yams, cocoyams and plantains. These core traditional stuff, I always buy from Naija :)
@ericAdaobi Thanks dear. You guys are so lucky over there. Do you have ogiri too? lol
Ogiri is the secret Ingredient to this fabulous meal. it gives the delicacy its unique taste. all I have here is the potash (akawu) , red oil & dry abacha :( the rest I have to wait till I go back home (whenever). so for now, I'll just imagine myself munching the abacha&fish (and licking the plate at the end) in this video. hmmmm! LOL. Thanks for being there :)
Hello 👋 #Flo nice video thanks.i want to ask why did you add ogiri in your abacha?
Thank youuuuu 🤗
@solzica82 I'm sure you'll have more that 5 dear :) If you have abacha, palm oil, potash, stock cubes then you are sorted :) And you'll definitely have pepper, crayfish?, salt (lol) and fish too :)
@yemi1akinsola You are welcome :) I know North America as a place where you can find almost every Naija ingredient if you live in the major "Naija cities" of the US. A subscriber that lives in Canada told me they can buy everything including Isi Ewu there so time to start hunting down those ingredients :)
@RABthefirst Yea, I went to dig out a traditional music to go with this very traditional Nigerian recipe :) This sort of music plays in the background when we eat this Abacha and wash it down with palm wine lol. And oh, this one will be too farfetched for you to prepare, too traditional even for some Nigerians.
oh boy oh boy, this is too much, my mouth is just salivating....are all these ingredients in North America? biko o, pls let us know o, thanks for the video madam
Yes, ncha is made by adding potash to palm oil which is what I did in the video. I guess it's the same way you make the ncha in your place, maybe you've never seen them making the ncha? :))) If you don't have potash (akanwu), then making the abacha with only palm oil is the way to go but if you can lay your hands on potash, then use it and you'll see the magical ncha materialise lol Enjoy!
hmmmm!this is the way forward o!my dear,i didnt know we could make the abacha with any palm oil.am from abia and we use a special oil to make this paste which we call 'ncha'.i will definitely try it out.i have been making mine by melting the oil we find here with the crayfish and pepper before seasoning and mixing.i usually make the ukpaka separate with stockfish and dry fish.thanks so much for sharing.i go try this one today today!
Just teied this...very easy and delicious..thanks for sharing
@NigerianFoodRecipes Abacha will be difficult to get also potash, but next time i go to african shop I will look for ingredients, because I want to make this salad for long time. Have a nice weekend!
I have a video for Edikang Ikong soup. In the description of that video, I listed all the leaves you need and alternatives.
Please I have a question. How long can i soak the abacha in water. Can I soak it against the next day
It's shredded Cassava (Yuca). The Cassava is boiled, shredded, rinsed and dried under the sun to get abacha (the white thin ones in the video).
Awww Italy is just next door, one day come say hi to me :)))) God bless you too dearie!
Aunt Flo please can you do a video on how to make isiewu and nkwobi?
Best recipe ever thank you for a job well done
If you want to make only Ugba, it is the same process, just skip the abacha and add kpomo (cow skin) if you have it. The title of the video says Abacha and Ugba because ugba was added to it.
Did you fry the fish raw?
@solzica82 Ahh my wife, Abacha and potash are the main ingredients so if you don't have them, I'm afraid you'll have to wait till they send them to you from Naija :( Unless you can buy them from the African shops where you are.
@lolybum1 Thanks :)
Well done sis you are doing a Good job bless you 👌👌👌👍👍💕
Thank you! God bless you too
I found this very helpful. You got a new subscriber 😊
I love African salad!!!
Wow ma, am highly impress
Just a little bit longer and you'll have all the Nigerian food you can eat. Keep keeping on dear :)
The ingredients for most of the recipes you see on my channel came from Nigeria because they are too traditional for the African shops here to carry them. So your friends probably don't make them because they can't buy the ingredients where you live. Trust me, I have not even scratched the surface on Nigerian foods, there are thousands more :D I'm glad you are enjoying the recipes :)
No, reducing the oil will make the abacha too dry for my liking. I eat this meal like once or twice a year so it's ok.
hi chinyere, i know you live in spain, please which african store do you get all these ingredients, especially the abacha and ugba?
I just want to say thank you so much for sharing these recipes. May God bless your hands abundantly. I just moved out on my own and thanks to your videos I am able to cook and enjoy all the food my mum always cooked for me. There’s no better food than 9ja food😊😊😊
How long will it last if you add ogiri? I am asking because I sell
Thank you! :)
@glendabos Me too!
Chai Nne m ooo, I wu number 1 kara aka! Daalu!
Where do I find all these ingredients in usa?
@Flo can a pregnant woman eat ral potach, I rely wanted to make this abacha, just curious.
man the naija people i hang with and use to eat with them in their homes and party ..
twww they dont make half of the stuff u do lol
am ghanaian and always is pounded yam and egusi .. or eba .. thats it ..
thanks for showing me that there is sooo much more
Can I use baking soda
Would like to make it, but I only have 5 ingredients and that includes onions :) Nice video!
Please I need the recipes
Thank you
This is nice
I really miss naija ooooh, chai obodo oyibo ah !!!!
Looks yummy. Does it work without potash?
Yes, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/ODiBrS-9Fok/видео.html
Nice
Nice one again. Please what is the difference between utazi and okazi?
Amaka utazi is bitter and heartshaped while okazi is just a tough vegetable used in cooking soups. It is the vegetable that is known as Afang in Efik/Ibibio used in preparing Afang Soup.
Please, what brand of palm oil do u use? Also, can you use regular ground nutmeg or must you use the special calabash one?
whitedaisez I currently use AFP (African Food Products) Palm Oil but really the brand does not matter, just make sure it is pure palm oil and not adulterated with other products.No, regular nutmeg is not the same as calabash nutmeg and should not be added to Abacha. If you don't have calabash nutmeg, use black pepper. It's not an alternative but is a traditional ingredient.
I hate palm Oli..it caused all animals death! #boycottpalmoil #boycottpalmoilproduct #palmoilthekiller
whitedaisez who get time for this your vegetarian advertisement abeg
Dear flo please can u do a video on the uses of NZU and do you know if it has another name apart from the local one we call it... NZU?
Nzu, the edible clay?
I know that some people lick it but it is not advisable.
It is also ground into powder and used to treat heat rashes or nappy rashes on babies in those days.
Hi, I have the abacha,I was given and I want to make this dish. But please what is this ugbah like. Is it a kind of fish? Can it be replaced? Does the taste of this food changes without it? I live in Sweden and we don't have many African stores here.
Thank you for your response
folasade85 ugba is shredded oil beans. You can skip it if you don't have it. It adds some taste to the abacha dish and makes the abacha ensemble "complete" but you can prepare it without it. :)
Ok Thanks
Where can i get potash?
I love abacha! great vids :-)
Wow lady ❤️
NNE, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. AKA GI O.
Please how can one store leftovers for a longer period of time
Nice video
Can you use veg.oil instead and spinach in place of the leaves
Gloria Adejumo yes you can use spinach. You will not get the authentic Abacha with vegetable oil. Only palm oil. :)
Thank u sis.my mum brought a big bag of the abacha she wasn't able to get the leaves and I ran out of palm oil.thanks for the reply
I'm eating this right now
please what is ugba?
@NigerianFoodRecipes yes I will have to wait :) but I found potash, so only abacha is left to find :)
can I get already made abacha and d local nutmeg in Africa store
Those 2 ingredients will be hard to find in an African food shop, you can try though. You can make your own Abacha, video: ruclips.net/video/6AVXNR6Lapo/видео.html If you do not have calabash nutmeg, add black pepper. Not the same but yes, use black pepper. Or skip it.
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well am I african but not nigerian , what is exactly ugba and abacha ? and where can I get them ?? nice video by the way ;)
Abacha is sliced/shredded cassava.
Ugba is garden egg
the way it is at 2:58, it can be used to eat boiled yam.
I like this 2 salad very delicious
@sosoliso22 It's akanwu.
@misdemeanorwerunthis yes o, Palmy is Abacha's partner in crime :)
yummy
Aww ... but you can make the Abacha with what you have at the moment, manage that while you wait for when you'll have all the orishirishi to make the real deal one! :D Unless you are an all-or-nothing kinda person :D
Please, what kind of vegetable or food item is this Abacha...does it come shredded? Does it have another name? I mean what is it, because the video does not explain and it seems to be the main ingredient. Please elaborate because I am Ghanaian and have no damn clue.
Abacha is dried shredded cassava
Sarafina Apollos Thank you. I watched another video that called it tapioca which I know is the starchy grits made from cassava juices used in sweet desserts like pudding; I think you gave the best description. Thanks again.
is crayfish necessary?
Absolutely. See how to make crayfish >> ruclips.net/video/3JK8tIb3PlM/видео.html
You're not afraid of using too much oil?
Nice job I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing. I have watched to the end before setting the table with your family. I hope that
you will set yours too at my house see you
Who's watching in 2021
Daalu Nne o :)
congrats exactly
Sorry oooo please what is potash?
This is abacha. Ugba is different. Great video but please make a video on how to make ugba.
mmh .. wetin obodo oyibo dey do person eh? Nya diba!
good one
:)
sorry but what is Abacha ?
Aunty Vivian and her sisters
hehe ... ugba cologne :DD
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i love your videos but am a bit concerned with the use of potash, as it is not healthy at all.
That is me, all-or-nothing kinda person. it's all good though :)
but i heard that potash is not good in food
THERE IS EDIBLE POTASH AND CHEMICALLY DANGEROUS POTASH.