Tomato Sauce

February 1, 2013
Chef Chidi
Tomato Sauce

Tomato sauce is usually served with yam in Nigeria. It is quite easy to prepare. What you find below is tomato sauce and fried yam. It goes both as a perfect breakfast meal in Nigerian and could also serve as dinner. I like this particularly because it keeps the stomach light and it is simple to prepare.

You will learn how we make tomato sauce in Nigeria, as well as all the different foods that goes along with nicely made tomato sauce.

Like I already said ‘I like to experiment widely on Nigerian foods, I have in different occasioned combined different strange ingredients to create a completely different recipes, I have even at one point served bread and Moi Moi, funny right? But it tasted nice.

I learned about that combination as a student.

Here is how the recipe above was prepared, this combination can be taken with tea, or a soft drink of choice, I like orange juice (freshly made). We actually ate this food some days back, Chima made it for the family. It was served with pap.

Ingredients for 4 persons; you can increase or decrease depending on the number of persons you are looking to serve.

Yam (2 kg)
Ten balls of tomatoes (for the sauce)
Fresh pepper to taste (for the sauce)
1 cup of sliced onions.
1 cube of knorr or maggi
Groundnut/vegetable oil

I bet you probably know how to fry the yam, but I am just going to go over it in a rush before we talk about how to make tomato sauce.

Peel off the back of the yam, slice to any size of your choice and deep-fry. It is necessary to add a little bit of salt before frying, some people add salt to the oil but that is not advisable.

Fry for a few minutes, always turning up and down to avoid burning.

Here is how we make tomato sauce for the recipe above.

You can use a frying pan or a cooking pot to make the sauce.

Set the pot on fire, add about 20cl of groundnut/vegetable oil, allow heating, then pour in the chopped or blended tomatoes/pepper.

Fry for about ten minutes and add the onions. Fry (while stirring occasionally for another ten to fifteen minutes to lose the lousy sour taste, add a cube of maggi, salt, you can also add fluted pumpkin
(although it wasn’t used in the recipe above).

Taste for salt and pepper.
You can serve with the fried yam, potatoes, plantain and of course a cup tea.

I like this best when served with pap (akamu),

Akamu (pap, ogi) is very simple to prepare, it takes the same process as custard. I made the simple video below to help you with the process

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18 Comments

Ifeanyi chidinma
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Yeah!is always possible
You can eat it with rice,if you want

April 30, 2023
olabode
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waaooo, so interesting topic… thanks.

May 5, 2016
esther
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what a lovely sauce i try it today and my children eat well thank u

February 19, 2016
Helen O. Eweka
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I want to know to cook ofadar Rice and Stew.

August 27, 2015
Gladys
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Nice one Chidi,at times I get confused as to what I can make for the family but now it gets easier thanks to your site!i really appreciate you

August 24, 2015
blessing o
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very nice,can i eat the sauce with rice?

July 22, 2015
Stephanie
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i got to order the book oooooo, i will introduce my sisters here no be everytime junk junk. Chidi thank u ok

June 11, 2015
Stephanie Nnadi
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chia! see food, i think its time to get married#hahahahahahaha#

June 11, 2015
Stephani Nnadi
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U GUYS ARE TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH,
Chidi n her Crew Chineke gozi’e un’u

June 11, 2015
Vivian
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Tanx i wil surprise my husband

March 4, 2014
aderonke
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i have a question do i have to blend the pepper and tomatoes together

February 17, 2014
Chidi Anegbu
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Yes, you can blend both together

February 19, 2014
Queensly
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Thanks i ve learnt alot pls ma what about your book how can i get one please you can email me.

November 23, 2013
Jerry
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Thanks peace, you are the best!!!

July 31, 2013
The Nigerian Kitchen
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Hello Jerry, thanks for your great feedback, also for your order. I just want to be able to share what I know with great people like you.

July 31, 2013
Jerry
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Thanks for all the tips and tricks for making Nigerian foods. I am a bachelor (getting married soon) and know very little about making foods, I eat mostly in restaurants but one day I decided to make stew for rice and dabbled into your site. Since then I have tried many of your recipes, this ‘tomato sauce for yam’ is really great. I just finished eating and thought it would be good to say a big thank you. Please I need to purchase your ebook so I can make more delicious foods. I may even end up surprising my fiancee. Thanks

July 31, 2013
Chumy
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Yaw! This is one of my favorite breakfast recipes, thanks.

July 17, 2013
Janene
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Thanks for this recipe, I am looking forward to learning so much about Nigerian foods. Your tomato sauce recipe is quite interesting, I tried it just yesterday and it turned out perfect

December 5, 2012

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Omg! Chef, I love u so much, God bless d day I came across dis site,u make me wanna eat every time and try all recipes,Have tried d fried rice,mashed chicken porridge,indomie and I am trying d beans 2nyt, U re Jst Awesome,Tnks 4 impacting so much knowledge God bless you, but I still need u 2 teach us how 2 mk friut juice ,nd spagetti bolognese! LOL.