Abacha is a popular Nigerian local dish and a snack also known as African salad which is the English version of it.
It's a type of food orginiting from the Igbo ethnic group in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.
Abacha is a product of cassava tubers. After harvesting the cassava, it is peeled, washed, cooked and sliced into desired sizes or shapes, it is soaked in a bucket for a day.
It could be prepared instantly as abacha or sun-dried for future use. Shredded dried cassava also known as cassava flakes. first needs to be softened by soaking in boiled water and covered up for a few minutes, then seived out, then in a bowl mix variety of ingredients such as palm oil, blended okra, onion, local spices like; ukpaka, ehuru, ogiri, utazi, garden egg, crayfish, chilli pepper, and the abacha slices are then mixed in the curdled oil, then place your fried fish on it and it is best served cooled.
It's a yummy local dish, you can't wait to have a taste of it. It's popularity has crossed boundaries.