Asaro — yam stew
Yam simmered in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers and chillies.
Active time25 min
Cooking40 min
Total1 h
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Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 2 red peppers
- 3 tomatoes
- 4 cups of water
- half a cup of palm oil
- 1 pinch of salt — optional
- 2 stock cubes
- 1 yam
- 2 scotch bonnet chillies
Preparation
Peel the yam, rinse it and cut it into cubes measuring 3 centimetres. A medium yam weighing about 1 kg is suitable here.
1 yam- knife
- chopping board
Wash the tomatoes, peppers and chillies. Remove the seeds from the peppers. Remove those from the chillies for a milder sauce. Peel the onion, then blend all these vegetables into a purée.
1 onion2 red peppers3 tomatoes2 scotch bonnet chillies- blender
Heat the oil in a stockpot, add the purée and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
half a cup of palm oil- stockpot
- spoon
Stir in the seasoning cubes and, if desired, the pinch of salt. Add the water and bring to the boil.
4 cups of water1 pinch of salt — optional2 stock cubes- stockpot
- spoon
Add the yam cubes, cover and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are tender and some break down to thicken the sauce. Cook for longer if necessary. Serve hot.
- stockpot
- lid
- spoon
Allergens
- Celery
Sources and credits
Photo: Au Menu — created with ImageGen at Roch’s request · Editorial permission from Roch for Au Menu; OpenAI terms
Au Menu · AI-generated illustration
Recipe translated and adapted from Wikibooks and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Adaptation éditoriale : Routine photos quotidienne autorisée par Roch : vingt nouvelles recettes et vingt versions corrigées publiées sans photo le 20 octobre 2026. Anciennes images conservées dans leur historique. Revue technique et visuelle, compositions variées, textes et modèles conservés ; aucun essai en cuisine revendiqué.
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