What is the difference between pottage yam and porridge yam?

What is the difference between pottage yam and porridge yam?

The two terms are used to describe meals. Porridge, in its classical meaning, mainly refers to the original English oatmeal or other porridges made of grains. Pottage is widely used in Nigeria and many other African countries, mainly as a synonym to porridge. Both porridge and pottage in Nigeria mean the main dish.

How do you cook yam porridge?

Method:

1. Cut Yam into cubes and wash.
2. Add to pot, add water and boil for 10 minutes.
3. Add crayfish, salt, seasoning, palm oil, peppers, curry, thyme, and cook for 15 minutes.
4. Add vegetables and cook for 1 minute.

What is yam porridge made from?

What is this? Asaro is made from Puna Yam which is boiled till it’s tender and it’s cooked in a blend of Peppers, Tomatoes, and Onions, palm oil, and seasoning. While the dish is more common to the yoruba speaking region of Nigeria, it is still a meal enjoyed by majority alike each with their own regional variation.

What’s the difference between oatmeal and porridge?

Porridge is a mixture of any grain, cereal, or legume boiled in water, milk, or broth. It is served hot and made from a variety of cereals such as oats, maize, rice, corn, wheat, and barley. Oatmeal is a type of porridge made from ground, rolled, or flattened oats.

What is the meaning of yam porridge?

Yam porridge or Asaro is another delicious Nigerian yam dish cooked in a well-seasoned pepper mix until soft and fluffy with some yam chunks. It is very quick and easy to make. It makes a perfect dinner or lunch and it is also a party favourite.

What does pottage mean?

Definition of pottage : a thick soup of vegetables and often meat.

Is oatmeal a porridge?

Oatmeal and porridge, the simple pleasures Oatmeal and porridge are basically the same thing – it’s what you get when you add milk or water to oats and cook them. At Uncle Tobys we think of oatmeal as being chunkier and coarser as opposed to our Quick Oats and Sachets, which produce a creamier bowl of oats.

Is potage a porridge?

As nouns the difference between potage and porridge is that potage is a thick creamy soup while porridge is a type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

Is oatmeal soup or cereal?

Is it not a “stew” in its own right? The milk is infused with flavor and changes color depending on what cereal or oat you decide to put into it. Therefore, by definition, cereal is soup.

How do you make unripe plantain porridge?

Steps

1. Dice your unripe plantain, wash and add into a cooking pot.
2. Wash up the dried cat fish(or smoked fish as you wish) and break into small bits, then add to the pot.
3. Once it starts simmering, add some blended crayfish, Pepper, chopped onion and palm oil and allow to cook properly (10minutes)