How to cook Sierra Leone Ebeh (Pottage or Porridge )

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil adds flavor and is healthier than palm oil.

groundnut paste

🥗Healthier: almond butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Peanut butter is more accessible and offers similar flavor.

bitter leaf

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: kale

Spinach is easier to find and less bitter.

fish

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: tofu

Tofu is a plant-based protein that is budget-friendly.

Peel the cassava and cut it into desired sizes.

Put the cassava into water to prevent browning.

Peel the sweet potato and cut it into pieces.

Peel the Chinese yam and place it in water.

Peel the plantain and cut it into pieces.

Prepare the vegetables by chopping onion and pepper finely and set aside.

Wash the cassava, sweet potato, and Chinese yam in clean water and place them in a bowl.

After 10 minutes of cooking the cassava, check if it's halfway done.

Add the Chinese yam, sweet potato, and cocoa to the pot with enough water to thin the mixture.

Add two Maggi Cubes for flavor.

After cooking for about 10-12 minutes, check the consistency of the pottage.

Add the plantain and fish to the pot and allow them to boil together.

After a few minutes, add the chopped onion and pepper to the pot.

Mix everything together and adjust the size of the potato and plantain if necessary.

After mixing, cook for an additional five minutes and then serve.

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