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Roasted Yam

Also known as Roasted Yam (Charcoal or Oven)

Yam roasted over charcoal or in a hot oven until the outside chars and the inside is fluffy, eaten with palm oil sauce. The book has dundun, boiled yam and boli, not roasted yam.

Roasted Yam, Nigerian cooking

Ingredients

  • 1 medium yam, peeled and cut into thick slabs
  • Salt
  • Palm oil, pepper and onion, to serve

Method

  1. 01

    Season the yam lightly. Roast over coals or at 200°C, turning, until tender and spotted with char, 25 to 35 minutes.

  2. 02

    Serve with a simple palm-oil pepper sauce.

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