“Kò si ohun a nfi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe ni Ijeṣa, ẹiyẹ ló njẹ́” – Oú́njẹ ti a lè fi Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe pọ – “Ijesha people have nothing to do with plantain, it is the food of the birds” – Plantain can be used for variety o meals.

Iyán ni oúnjẹ gidi fún Ijẹṣa, nitori wọn ni iṣu ju ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ lọ.  Òwe àtijọ́ ni pé “Kò si ohun a nfi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe ni Ijeṣa, ẹiyẹ ló njẹ́” nitori ọ̀pọ̀ ohun ni a lè fi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe, ni ayé òde òni, ṣùgbọ́n olówó ló njẹ́ nitori ó wọ́n.  Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ yára lati sè, fún àpẹrẹ, ká fi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ din dòdò, ó ṣe dani kan jẹ ni àjẹ yó, tàbi jijẹ pẹ̀lú oúnjẹ miran bi dòdò àti ẹyin, dòdò àti ẹwa, dòdò àti irẹsi-ọlọ́bẹ̀ àsèpọ̀/irẹsi funfun.  Lí lo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ dúdú fún àmàlà, sisè jẹ, tàbi sísun dára fún àwọn ti ó ni àrùn-àtọ̀gbẹ.  Ọmọdé fẹ́ràn dòdò.

Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ irú oúnjẹ ti a lè fi iṣu ṣe, ni a lè fi ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe.  Fún àpẹrẹ, ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò díẹ̀ ninú àwọn oúnjẹ wọnyi:

Oúnjẹ ti a lè fi iṣu ṣe Oúnjẹ ti a lè fi Ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ ṣe Yam related meals Plantain related meals
Iyán iṣu Iyán ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ Pounded yam Pounded plantain
Àmàlà̀ iṣu Àmàlà ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ tútù tàbi gbigbẹ Yam flour meal Raw plantain meal or Plantain flour meal
Iṣu sisè ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ sisè Boiled yam Boiled plantain
Dùndú Dòdò Fried yam Fried plantain
Àsáró iṣu Àsáró ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ Yam pottage Plantain pottage
Iṣu sísun ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ sísun (Bọ̀ọ̀li) Roasted yam Roasted plantain
Iṣu lílọ̀ pẹ̀lú epo-pupa ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ lílọ̀ pẹ̀lú epo-pupa Mashed yam with palm-oil Mashed plantain with palm-oil
Ìpékeré isu Ìpékeré ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ Yam chips Plantain chips

 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Pounded-yam is the real meal for an Ijesha man/woman, because agriculturally, they produced more yam than plantain.  To say “Ijesha people have nothing to do with plantain, it is the food of the birds”, has become an outdated proverb, because, nowadays, plantains are being used in various ways, but it has become the food of the rich ones as a result of its high cost.  It is easy to prepare plantain for meal, for example, preparing fried plantain is quick and can be eaten on its own as full meal or as compliments to other meals such as: fried-plantain and egg, fried plantain with stewed-beans, fried plantain jollof-rice/white rice.  Using green plantain for solid meal, boiling it, or roasting it is good for Diabetes patient.  Children love fried-plantain.

Many of the meal that can be prepared using yam can equally be substituted using plantain.  Check out some of the examples of some of these meals in the table on this page.

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Originally posted 2014-12-05 09:00:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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