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Agbugbu (Nigerian Pigeon Pea and Yam Porridge)

Agbugbu is a typical igbo food made from pigeon peas and yam. It is tasty and easy to prepare.

Source and licence

"Agbugbu (Nigerian Pigeon Pea and Yam Porridge)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Agbugbu_(Nigerian_Pigeon_Pea_and_Yam_Porridge), revision 4525806), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Agbugbu_(Nigerian_Pigeon_Pea_and_Yam_Porridge)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Nigeria. Associated with Nigeria by the source's category: Igbo (confidence 0.65). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Pick any dirt or debris out of the pigeon peas, then wash them and soak in water overnight.
  2. Drain away the soaking water.
  3. Cover the pigeon peas in fresh water, and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, then drain.
  4. Boil the yam in water until tender, then drain.
  5. Fry the onions, ground crayfish, ground pepper in a pan with palm oil.
  6. Add the drained yam and pigeon peas, and stir gently.
  7. Season with salt to taste.
  8. Serve.