Ukodo

Ok so its the season of plantain and yam and this easily send me back memory lane remembering my childhood and the many incident that set me on this food journey and the passion for cooking.
Whenever any of us 8 children fall sick in the family, i see mum wiping out many delicious and tempting food to get us to eat because in her own opinion, you simply cannot fight off the illness if your immunity is low but you will no doubt agree with me that the smell of oily food is a complete turn of particularly if you are down with malaria fever.
It is more especially difficult to get me to eat because on normally even without being ill i am very choosy and particular about what goes in my mouth. But the day she decided to cook this plain oil free dish for me, she won my respect as a cook and since then the dish has remain a favourite of mine, it has really come in handy when i grew up and started having kids of my own,
Ukodo is a dish from the riverine area of Nigeria and is made with Yam,Unripe plantain, semi ripe plantain cooked in pepper-soup sauce. You can decide to use fresh/dry fish or goat meat for the protein, these combine together leaves a therapeutic taste to your mouth making you hungry for more. The spice in the pepper soup boost appetite while cleansing your system, it is highly recommended for new mothers as it helps flush the system from stale blood.

To make this dish, you need:
3 fingers of Unripe or semi ripe plantain
Dry fish
Dry grind pepper
pepper soup spice
Crayfish
Salt
Stock cube

Method:
In a clean pot add peeled plantain cut into chunk, add water according to your specification, this form the stock of the dish, the idea is to have runny porridge not too thick or watery. add a little pepper depending on how hot you want your dish and all the other ingredient. Bring to boil until the plantain is tender, correct taste and serve hot.