How To Cook/Prepare Ukwa (African Breadfruit)

INGREDIENTS

• 2 – 3 cups of Ukwa – depending on how many people you are feeding
• 1 cup of shredded smoked fish
• Palm oil
• Salt
• Knorr/Maggi cubes
• 2 – 3 pieces of ata rodo

PREPARATION METHOD

• Rinse the Ukwa, add water to the pot to cook it. You can use a pressure pot to save time or add potash to make it cook quicker
• Once it has softened sufficiently, check the water level. If it has absorbed all the water, add a little more, just enough to top it, then add fresh pepper, palm oil, salt and 1 Knorr cube. Stir and just let it cook till the palm oil and pepper blend with the flavour of the Ukwa and the pale cream colour has changed to a brown shade of yellow. You may wish to mash it slightly with a wooden spoon to make it creamy like beans pottage.