Cookbook:Abacha Mmiri (Soaked Cassava Flakes)
| Abacha Mmiri (Soaked Cassava Flakes) | |
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| Category | Nigerian recipes |
| Servings | 1 |
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Abacha mmiri (literally "water cassava flakes"), also known as bobozee, is a Nigerian snack prepared from cassava.
Ingredients
[edit | edit source]- 1 tuber of cassava
- 1–2 teaspoons salt, to taste
- ½ cup fresh coconut pieces
- ¼ cup palm kernel
- ¼ cup roasted groundnuts
Procedure
[edit | edit source]- Peel the cassava, then cut into slices 1 cm thick. Rinse well.
- Boil the cassava in a large pot of water until cooked through.
- Soak the cooked cassava in fresh water overnight. The next day, drain away any remaining water and rinse the cassava well.
- Season the cassava to taste with the salt.
- Serve the cassava with the coconut, palm kernel, and roasted groundnut.
Notes, tips, and variations
[edit | edit source]- The cassava is rinsed after soaking to remove the sour taste that develops.