Cookbook:Nigerian Dryfish and Pumpkin Leaf

Nigerian Dryfish and Pumpkin Leaf
Category	Nigerian recipes
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Ingredients

• Onions
• Fresh pepper
• Ground crayfish
• Dryfish, cleaned
• Salt to taste
• Stock cube
• Potash, ground
• Hot water
• Palm oil
• Nigerian pumpkin (ugwu) leaves, sliced

Procedure

1. Coarsely blend the onions, pepper, and crayfish.
2. Transfer the blended mixture to a pot, and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.
3. Stir in the the dryfish, salt, stock cube.
4. Combine the potash with a little hot water and palm oil.
5. Stir the potash mixture into the pot. Cook for a few minutes.
6. Stir in the ugwu leaves, and simmer for 2 minutes.
7. Serve hot with boiled yam or boiled plantain.