is a dish of Igbo origin. Its name combines the words () and (); the dish is sometimes known as agwọrọgwọ ji or by the literal translation "vegetable yam".
Recipe The dish combines yam tubers with edible vegetables such as spinach or ugu. Other ingredients include fresh red pepper, onions, crayfish, oil bean (ugba), seasoning cubes, and salt to enhance the flavor.
is prepared by peeling and washing the yam. The other ingredients are added and cooked together until the yam becomes soft, depending on the preferred cooking time. It is considered to be an Igbo delicacy, especially eaten during the annual New Yam Festival ().
See also Asaro, a West African yam porridge
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