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Ukwa Porridge (African Breadfruit)
Soft African breadfruit seeds with palm oil, smoked fish and a small handful of greens. Ukwa has both everyday and ceremonial lives in Igbo food culture. Flo Chinyere recalls it as a family comfort food and also describes it being reserved for special guests at traditional events. It may be served plainly with its broth, or enriched into porridge; this recipe follows the latter approach. Cultural context: Ukwa here means the edible seeds of African breadfruit, Treculia africana, not chunks of the unrelated large starchy breadfruit used in some other cuisines.
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Full source and image record15 minPreparation
100 minCooking
4Servings
Allow 480 additional minutes for resting / soaking. Total: 595 minutes.
What you’ll need
4 servings
Let’s get cooking
- 1
Sort the ukwa carefully for stones. Rinse, soak in plentiful water in the refrigerator overnight, then drain and rinse.
- 2
Put it in a pot with 1.5 litres fresh water and the baking soda, if using. Bring to a boil, reduce to a steady simmer and cook 60–90 minutes, topping up with hot water, until the seeds crush easily.
- 3
If still firm, continue cooking; age and dryness can substantially lengthen the time. Leave about 250 ml broth in the pot, reserving any excess.
- 4
Add palm oil, fish, pepper and ogiri. Simmer 10 minutes, then stir firmly to make a loose porridge.
- 5
Add ugu and cook 3–5 minutes. Season and adjust with reserved broth before serving.
A little kitchen wisdom
Allow more time for older dried seeds; softness is the endpoint. For a plain preparation, omit enrichments and serve the cooked seeds with their broth. Timing: active preparation 15 min; cooking 100 min; additional passive time 480 min; conservative planning allowance 595 min. Some stages may overlap. For Recipe.ng display, prep_minutes includes the additional passive time; it is not all hands-on work. Recipe status: Research draft; not kitchen-tested. Allergens and checks: Fish; Check ogiri label
Recipe notes & sources
Research draft; not kitchen-tested
Also known as: African breadfruit porridge
Ukwa here means the edible seeds of African breadfruit, Treculia africana, not chunks of the unrelated large starchy breadfruit used in some other cuisines.
Allergens: Fish, Check ogiri label
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