17/01/2022
PONMO SALAD
I know what you are thinking, really? Ponmo salad? Why not! If you eat potato, fish, beef and chicken salad then ponmo salad shouldn’t sound weird to you at all. Ponmo (cow skin) is well loved by all; it is affordable and has been nourishing lives since 1800.
RECIPE
FRIED PONMO
Homemade or shop bought salad
Small tuber of yam
4tbsp vegetable oil
Salt
Seasoning of choice
Mixed chillies, chopped
3tbsp rice/white wine vinegar (optional)
1 small onion, chopped
METHOD
1. Peel yam, cut in cubes, rinse and bring yam to boil in salt water till 70% done, drain in a sieve and shake off excess moisture, toss in 2tbs vegetable oil and bake for 20 minutes on 200⁰. If you don’t have an oven, simply shallow fry the cubed yam. Set aside once done
2. De-seed your pepper, chop thinly with the rest of the peppers and set aside
3. Place a wok or shallow pan on a medium heat, add 2-3tbsp of vegetable oil and heat 2 minutes. Add the chopped peppers and onions and stir fry until they soften, add chopped ponmo, combine well with the stir fry then season with bouillon cube of choice, add salt and cook on for another minute. Add the roasted yam, combine well with the ponmo mixture, add harissa paste if using and stir till well combined.
Continue to stir to avoid burning. Take off the heat, allow to cool and serve with salad mix of choice.
NOTE
Soak ponmo overnight with normal room temperature water(little salt) to soften it.
Or add boil water with little salt 2hrs before the preparation of your salad