5 Economical and Local Stews and Sauces that can be Made Without tomatoes.

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The 5 Economical and Local Stews and Sauces that can be Made Without Tomatoes are listed below:

Ofada stew

Also called “Ayamase”, Ofada stew that is usually made to go with a special kind of local
rice referred to as Ofada rice.

The sauce can however be used to eat normal white rice, yam, plantain and even spaghetti.

The sauce is pretty easy to make and the only ingredients you need include: unripe habanero peppers, green tatashe or green bell peppers, locust bean seasoning (iru , ogiri okpei or dawadawa ), red palm oil, onion, crayfish, assorted meat and fish.

Miyan Kuka

A delicacy from the northern part of the country, Miyan Kuka is also known as the Boabab leaf stew. It is a favorite of the Hausa tribe and is usually served with white rice.

The key ingredients for preparing this stew include
: beef, onion, dried fish, hot peppers (washed, soaked and flaked), kuka [baobab] leaves
(pounded to paste), dawadawa(fermented
dried seeds of the African locust bean pressed into a ball or a cake), yaji(suya seasoning), a
pinch of potash, palm oil, seasoning cubes and
of course, salt to taste.

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Pumpkin leaf sauce

Pumpkin leaf, otherwise known as Ugu, is one of most widely used vegetables in Nigeria.

Pumpkin leaf sauce which is not only very tasty but also very healthy is basically a sautee of fluted pumpkin leaf and onions. It certainly does not taste a long time to cook.

The ingredients needed include: chopped pumpkin
leaves, seasoned beef or chicken, sliced to strips (optional), meat stock, vegetable oil, chilli pepper, onion bulb, seasoning and salt to taste.

Garden egg sauce A very popular delicacy in the southern parts of the country, Garden egg sauce can substitute for the tomato stew any day. The basic
ingredients needed include: Garden eggs (either purple “aubergine”, white or green),
palm oil, smoked fish, ground pepper (either chili or scotch bonnet), iru (rinsed), onion,
crayfish and salt to taste. It can be used to eat rice, yam or plantain.