Ikokore
IKOKORE is an Ijebu delicacy. It is a special meal that an Ijebu man can not do without. So, if you are married to an Ijebu guy, you must learn how to prepare the meal.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Peel water yam, rinse and grate into a bowl. Be careful because it is slimy.
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Wash your cooking pot and add water. Boil the water and add palm oil. Leave to boil for five minutes because some palm oil smells somehow.
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Add your already boiled meat Wash and remove bones from your fish and add. Add crayfish and your chopped or blended pepper.
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Add your meat stock and cover to cook for 15 minutes
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Remove or take out the pieces of fish/meat, fish, and gizzard so that they don’t get stuck at the bottom of the pot.
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Add salt and seasoning cube to the grated wateryam and mix it for good taste. Note: taste the soup to be sure of the amount of salt and seasoning cube you need to add.
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Add lumps of wateryam to the boiling pot (if the water is hot enough the balls of wateryam should float) -Cover and allow to cook for about 10 minutes
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Add the pieces of fish, /beef and gizzard you took out earlier and sprinkle on some ground crayfish and chopped fresh peppers (ata rodo). This gives it a lot of flavour.
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Reduce the heat and cover for five minutes.
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Note: Don’t mix the Ikokore when cooking at all. Just let it cook. Wow! Ikokore is ready. You cannot resist the taste. Ikokore can be eaten as a meal like yam porridge. It can also be eaten with Eba