How to make ugba sauce , plantain and yam. (Nigerian delicious delicacy )

ugba (oil bean)

🥗Healthier: black-eyed peas

💰Cheaper: cooked beans

Black-eyed peas provide a similar texture and protein content.

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil offers a healthier fat profile.

smoked fish

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Grilled chicken is leaner and more affordable.

ground pepper

🥗Healthier: fresh chili

💰Cheaper: black pepper

Fresh chili enhances flavor without added cost.

Make incisions on the clean tilapia.

Season the tilapia with no seasoning powder, pepper mix, and herbs.

Apply red oil on the seasoned tilapia.

Transfer the tilapia to the oven and bake.

Wash the plantain.

Peel the plantain.

Make incisions on the peeled plantain.

Season the plantain with salt and red oil.

Transfer the plantain to the oven and bake until properly cooked.

Assemble the frozen yam in an oven pan.

Transfer the yam to the oven and bake until soft.

Heat up some red oil in a pan.

Add a generous amount of onion to the heated oil and fry for a while.

Add roughly blended pepper to the pan and continue frying.

Add uba to the mixture and continue frying.

Add no seasoning powder to the mixture and stir to combine.

Add vegetable to the mixture and stir to combine.

Turn off the heat once the sauce is nicely cooked and set aside.

Assemble the baked fish, plantain, and yam in a large pan.

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