Palmoil stew. Check Out our Selection & Order Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! This stew is a traditional dish in Nigeria and it is popularly referred to as "Alapa", it is also highly nutritious because it contains a high level of tomatoes, onions, pepper and also Beta carotene which is contained in the palm oil.
In this stew, you are pushing the umami flavour to the forefront hence the addition of iru, dawadawa or okpei, though it is somewhat optional. On point stew not every time vegetable oil. Pour the palm oil into a pan, set on medium heat. You can have Palmoil stew using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Palmoil stew
- You need of Palm oil.
- You need of Salt.
- It's of Tomatoes.
- You need of Tatasi.
- Prepare cubes of Stock.
- Prepare of Onion.
- You need of Crayfish.
Try not to leave the crayfish for too long to avoid it burning or it'll give your stew a bitter taste… I haven't had palm oil stew in such a long time - I think I forgot how easy it was to make - no stock required which reduces the cooking time by half. The meats used are often smoked or dried so that too contributes to the ease of prep. This is my dad's 'recipe' if ever there was one. He only ate palm oil stews, no vegetable oils for him and rarely any tomatoes.
Palmoil stew step by step
- Blend the tomatoes and tatasi but not to be smooth..
- Bleach palmoil and put the blended paste fry very well.
- Put onion and crayfish,stir and still be frying..
- Season with salt,Stock cubes and fry till is tasty from 5 to 10minutes..
Alapa is simply Palm Oil Stew. My grandma was the boss of this stew. From friends, family and neighbours at her house in Onipanu all the way to Iperu where she was from, my maternal grandmother was well-known for this stew. A mix of fresh palm oil and some vegetable oil is used for obe ata whereas bleached palm oil is used in my Iya IYABO copycat Buka stew. Both stews taste amazing but serve mostly different purposes as I was told.
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