Ofada rice and sauce. Ofada Rice and sauce is a Nigerian favourite. The combination of meats and peppers adds complex flavours that keeps everyone wanting more. The best part about this ofada rice recipe is that is easy to prepare and will have you enjoying the meal in no time at all.
Ofada rice is a name for heritage varieties of rice grown in south-west Nigeria.
It is used in a variety of dishes.
Ofada rices are mostly blends, and some of the rice varieties in the blends are not indigenous to Africa; however, they usually also contain African rice.
You can cook Ofada rice and sauce using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Ofada rice and sauce
- Prepare of Ofada rice.
- Prepare of Unripe pepper and tatashe.
- It's of Onions, iru, palmoil.
- It's of Salt, seasoning cube, crayfish.
- Prepare of Ripe plantain.
- It's of Vegetable oil.
- You need of Assorted and dry fish.
Ofada sauce is a locally made Yoruba (Ijebu) stew for ofada rice. I must confess that the demand for this recipe in the last few months is over the roof. For long I wondered why people were so crazy about ofada rice and stew. Perhaps it was just the iru (locust beans) that makes the difference or the.
Ofada rice and sauce step by step
- Wash rice very well with hot water and salt then parboil, wash again wen it boils out, salt it and boil to dry. Boil the blended paste to dry water then, usually it's assorted cut into bits with kpomo, dryfish that is used,, steam what ever it is you want to put and then put palm oil in ur pot Allow the palm oil to be very hot, add diced onions, stir fry and add the blended paste (unripe pepper,tatashe,onions,) fry well till it will not have that sharp sour taste again.
- And the green sharp colour is darker, add crayfish and fry a little more, then add ur stock and iru, salt and cubes then allow to boil Let it boil till properly cooked and the oil comes and rests on top the paste..
- Put vegetable oil in a pan, wash and peel plantain and fry till golden brown, serve and enjoy meal..
Ofada rice is better eaten with a sauce. The most delicious sauce for the Ofada rice is known as Ayamase (also known as designer stew). I marveled the first time I saw someone preparing the sauce because until then, I never heard of it. The Ofada rice sauce is a tasty local sauce usually served alongside the rice. Ofada rice is a popular Nigerian rice variety.
