DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Yam Porridge
Also known as: Asaro
A Ghanaian one-pot dish of yam pieces simmered until tender in a tomato, onion, pepper, and oil-based sauce, sometimes with fish or meat.
About Yam Porridge
A Ghanaian one-pot dish of yam pieces simmered until tender in a tomato, onion, pepper, and oil-based sauce, sometimes with fish or meat.
Ingredients in Yam Porridge
Recorded ingredient connections, rather than a complete recipe. Explore an ingredient for more detail.
- Onionseasoning
- Yambase
- Tomatosauce
- Palm oilcooking medium
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Saltseasoning
- Fishprotein
- Waterother
- Chilli pepperseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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