Hello everyone, I am @yhubee. This is my first time of posting in this community. I hope I am welcome π. I want to introduce you all to a delicacy called oto mboro.
Oto mboro is a porridge that is made with pureed or grated unripe bananas and vegetables amongst other ingredients. Oto mboro contains a lot of nutrients. It is delicious and healthy.
This food is part of the foods given to maidens that are confined in the fattening rooms of the efik and Ibibio tribes of Cross River and Akwa Ibom State in the southern part of Nigeria.
It's been a while I ate this dish but I have a friend who loves it so I said I should try it after a long while. I had few of the ingredients in the house but I had to go to the market to get the unripe bananas, dry fish and kpomo (cow skin).
The ingredients I used in preparation of the dish π
Unripe bananas
Dry fish
Periwinkle
Cow skin
Nkong (vegetable leaf-pumpkin)
Crayfish
Pepper
Onion
Maggi cube
Palm oil
N/B: You can add other ingredients like prawns, crab, beef and stockfish to the dish.
My recipe
β’ I selected the bones from the dry fish, cut the cow skin into desired shapes and washed them.
I washed my periwinkle thoroughly with water and set them aside.
β’ I placed my pot on the cooker, put the dry fish, cow skin and periwinkle. I added a little portion of pepper, maggi,salt and water, then allowed it to steam in low temperature.
β’ Meanwhile,I washed and peel off the green skin of the banana. I used the knife to scrape off the thin membrane covering the flesh of the banana ( failure to do this will result in your Oto mboro having a tangy taste similar to the sourness in tomatoes).
β’ Afterwards, I grated my unripe bananas with a grater to a puree, I shred my vegetable and set it aside. I blended the crayfish and pepper as well. I also diced the onions and set them aside.
β’ When the fish, cow skin and periwinkle were well cooked, I drained the stock from it and set it aside.
β’ I placed the pot on the fire with the stock I drained from the steamed stuffs. I allowed it to boil and added the palm oil.
I then added a little salt to the grated banana and drop in spoonful using my fingers into the pot.
β’ I covered the pot and cook until the banana lumps have firmed up.
I stirred gently and allowed some of the banana lumps to break.
β’ I poured in the steamed dry fish, cow skin and periwinkle that I had set aside. I tasted it to ensure if there's anything to add, which i did. I stirred the food and added oil to it again then I covered and cooked until it thickened
β’ Finally, I added the vegetable and stirred the food again, I allowed it to cool for 2 minutes. Then I brought it down.
Our Oto mboro is ready to be consumed
Thank you for having me ππ
Bye!!! π