LOCAL DISH: HOW TO MAKE WATER-YAM BALLS (AKARA MBALA)

Water-Yam Balls is one meal that I will advice anyone to try. It is very easy to prepare and super-delicious. This meal is made from grated Water-Yam with the addition of very common ingredients.
Where I come from, akara mbala is one of our local delicacies prepared by every home and sold in various local markets. Even though it's a local dish made with the commonest ingredients, one can decide to spice up the dish by adding additional ingredients that he likes.

For this recipe we will need:
- 2-3 inches of Water-Yam
- Sliced Onions
- Pepper (Grounded Dry Pepper, Red Bell Pepper or Green Bell pepper.
- Salt
- Vegetables (Optional)

Procedure:

• Carefully peel the Water-Yam and wash thoroughly. Cut into big sized cubes.
• Use a clean grater to grate the Water-Yam. Your grated Water-Yam should be like in the picture below.

• When you're done grating, add the sliced Onions (The secret to the taste of akara mbala is enough onions, so feel to add as much as you want. Don't tell another person, please😉) 
• Add the pepper  (You can  choose to add the 3 peppers listed above to add colour & more taste to the meal) 
• Add Salt to taste. 
• If you're using vegetables, add it after adequate washing & slicing.
• Mix together with a strong cooking spoon or with clean hands. I usually taste the mixture for salt by touching the tip of my tongue with one of my fingers.
• Add enough vegetable oil in a dry frying pan and heat up for about 7-10 seconds or until you're sure the oil is heated up enough. 
  
• Add a little amount of Fresh Palm Oil.
• With your hand, immediately take the mixture little by little and add to the pan.
  
• Allow to fry for about 1minute, then flip the balls over so that the other side can as well fry.
  
• You will notice the balls turn from the former semi-solid form to a thicker form like in the picture below.
• Scoop out from the oil and place in the sieve to drain excess oil.

And our super-delicious Water-Yam Balls is ready🍨
Serve with any drink of your choice🍷

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