eko-ile: ayamashe sauce/ofada sauce

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Ayamashe Ayamashe is the accompaniment to ofada rice that is popularly served, within the party circuits in Lagos, on banana leaves. The sauce is usually loaded with offal but this version features dried fish and cowskin. Unripe Scotch Bonnet Onions Locust Beans Palm Oil

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A recipe booklet for the popular ofada sauce by the Eko-Ile magazine team.

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Page 1: Eko-Ile: Ayamashe Sauce/Ofada Sauce

 

   

Ayamashe  

   Ayamashe   is   the   accompaniment   to   ofada   rice  that   is   popularly   served,   within   the   party  circuits  in  Lagos,  on  banana  leaves.  The  sauce  is  usually   loaded   with   offal   but   this   version  features  dried  fish  and  cow-­skin.  

Unripe  Scotch  Bonnet  Onions  

Locust  Beans  Palm  Oil  

         

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Ingredients   Equipments  -­‐500g  of  Unripe  Scotch  Bonnet  (Rodo  Dudu)  -­‐500g  of  Onions  -­‐200g  of  Whole  Locust  Beans  (Iru  Woro)  -­‐  1  cup  of  palm  oil  -­‐Salt  -­‐  MSG  of  choice    

Blender  Sieve  

   

       Optional  -­‐500g  of  Dried  Fish  -­‐100g  Cow-­‐skin  (Pomo)      

Instructions  1. Remove  the  stalk  on  the  green  scotch  bonnet  if  there  are  any.  If  you  want  a  milder  sauce,  

deseed  the  scotch  bonnet  as  this  cuts  down  the  heat.    2. Peel  the  onions  and  cut  them  into  smaller  chunks  that  would  blend  easily  3. Blend  the  onions  and  scotch  bonnet  together.  The  resulting  paste  should  be  really  coarse  

and  have  a  very  little  liquid.  4. Rinse  the  locust  beans  to  ensure  that  stones  and  sands  are  cleaned  off.  Put  it  in  a  sieve  to  

drain.  5. Pour  the  palm  oil   into  a  big  pot  and  start  warming   it  at  very   low  heat1.  The  palm  oil  will  

take  time  to  heat  up  and  should  take  about  5-­‐7minutes.  Feel  free  to  turn  off  the  heat  if  you  begin  to  feel  uncomfortable.  

6. When  the  palm  oil  is  properly  heated,  add  the  locust  beans  and  then  turn  up  the  heat  on  the  oil.    

7. After  two  minutes,  add  the  onions  and  scotch  bonnet  blend.    8. Cook  for  15  minutes  and  then  season2.  Keep  cooking  for  5  minutes  or  until  the  sauce  is  dry.  

         

                                                                                                               1  The  process  tempering  the  palm  oil  is  a  very  dangerous  process  that  should  be  done  at  low  heat.  The  low  heat  will  take  a  longer  time  to  get  the  palm  oil  to  the  darker  color  that  has  the  nutty  flavor  but  it  will  also  reduce  the  smoke  produced  as  well  as  the  risk  of  a  fire.  MONITOR  THE  PALM  OIL  WHILE  TEMPERING.    2  Normally  I  would  recommend  that  you  add  the  seasoning  after  adding  the  paste.  However,  two  factors  need  to  be  considered;  the  palm  oil  and  the  locust  beans.  Locust  beans  tends  to  be  really  salty  and  palm  oil  tends  to  dull  the  salt.  It  is  important  to  taste  the  sauce  before  seasoning.  

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Optional-­‐  Adding  Dried  Fish  and  Cowskin  to  Ayamashe  A. For   this  version  of  Ayamashe,   I  am  using  dried   fish  as   the  add-­‐on.  An  hour  

before   cooking,   soak   the   dried   fish   in   cold   water   with   salt.   Then   shortly  before  cooking,  I  take  the  fish  out  of  the  water  and  give  it  a  good  rinse  under  running  water.    

 B. Boil   the   cow-­‐skin   for   ten  minutes   before   cleaning.   This   softens   up   the   dirt  

and  makes  it  easy  to  peel  away  under  running  water.  It  also  makes  the  skin  softer  so  that  chewing  is  easier.  Then  cut  the  cow-­‐skin  into  bite-­‐size  pieces.  

 C. At  stage  8,  shortly  before  adding  the  seasoning  to  the  sauce,  add  the  fish  and  

cowskin.  Cook  for  a  couple  of  minutes  before  adding  the  seasoning  of  salt  and  MSG.  Cook  until  the  sauce  is  dry.