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Ampesi

Name: Ampesi
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ghana
Ingredients: 1 yam, peeled and cubed; 2 green plantains; 4 tomatoes, 2 scotch bonnets, blended; 1 onion; Garden eggs; Palm oil; Smoked fish; Salt

Ashanti boiled yam, cocoyam or plantain served with a tomato-and-garden-egg palaver-style stew.

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45m 4 servings Easy

Ingredients

1 yam, peeled and cubed
2 green plantains
4 tomatoes, 2 scotch bonnets, blended
1 onion
Garden eggs
Palm oil
Smoked fish
Salt

Method

Step 1 of 425%

Boil yam and plantain in salted water till fork-tender.

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1
Boil yam and plantain in salted water till fork-tender.
2
Fry onion in palm oil; add blended tomato-pepper; simmer 15 min.
3
Stir in garden eggs and flaked smoked fish; cook 8 min.
4
Plate ampesi with stew alongside.