Ẹ̀gẹ́/Gbaguda/Pákí fi ara jọ Iṣu nitori àwọn mejeeji jẹ oúnjẹ ti ó wọ́pọ̀ ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ti wọn ńkọ ebè fún lati gbin. Wọn ma nwa wọn lati inú ebè ti wọn bá ti gbó, wọn ni eèpo ti wọn ma ḿbẹ.
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- Ẹ̀gẹ́/Gbaguda/Pákí – Cassava. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- Gaàrí – Coarsed Cassava Flour. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- Iṣu – Yam. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- Iyan ati obe efo elegusi – Pounded and vegetable & Melon soup. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- àmàlà – Yam flour meal. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
Ẹ̀gẹ́/Gbaguda/Pákí ni wọn fi ńṣe gaàrí, bẹni wọn lè ló fún oriṣiriṣi oúnjẹ miran bi wọn ti lè lo iṣu, ṣùgbọ́n oúnjẹ bi iyán ati àmàlà mú iṣu gbayì ju ẹ̀gẹ́ lọ. Fún ẹ̀kọ́ yi, ohun ti a lè fi iṣu ṣe yàtọ̀ si, iyán àti àmàlà ni a fẹ́ sọ. A lè fi iṣu din dùndú, tàbi se lati fi jẹ ẹ̀wà rirò/epo/ẹ̀fọ́ rirò/ọbẹ̀ ata, tàbi fi se àsáró́/àṣáró.
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- Dùndú – Fried Yam/Yam Chips. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- Dùndú àti ẹ̀wà – Yam Chips & Stewed Beans. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
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- àsáró́/àṣáró – Yam pottage. Courtesy: @theyorubablog
Àsè tàbi àpèjẹ Yorùbá ayé òde òni, kò pé lai si àśaró/àṣáró ni ibi àsè igbéyàwó, ìsìnkú, àjọ̀dún àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Cassava has no attraction, it only resemble yam in vain.
Cassava resembles yam because the two are types of food that are common in Yoruba land as they are planted under the heap of earth. They are dug out of the heap of earth at maturity and both have skin that are peeled.
Cassava is used for cassava flour and can be used for other various meals just as yam, but meals like pounded yam and yam flour turned in hot water has made yam more popular than cassava meals. For the purpose of this writing, the concentration is on other meals derived from yam rather than pounded yam. Yam can be eaten as fried yam/yam chips that can be eaten with stewed beans/palm oil/stewed vegetable/stew or prepared as yam pottage.
Menu is not complete in the modern day’s feast/celebration/wedding, anniversaries etc., without yam pottage on the menu.
Originally posted 2014-01-14 23:23:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Cassava has been a multipurpose product ever since the farmers discovered the importance. When one notice the limited use and derivation of the product, it appears like a product of redactive scientific discovery. Now, the Chinese is proving us, the Africans wrong, since we could care -less about what we have. Chinese import Gari, they use of the Cassava product-Gari in their menus, while the Yorubas/Nigerians are screaming for condemnation of Cassava bread. Wait , sooner or later the Chinese will export the Cassava Powder to Nigeria for bread making, and we shall be at peace with ourselves. What a shame? For, we know not what we have, until the presumably superior, dominant third party show us. ‘I jo wo la ma bo loko eru’? Thanks Fela, for the unanswerable question.