How to cook Steamed Bitter Yams or Air Yams

 

Ingredients

Ingredients for 4 people

1. 5 kg yams
2. 2 banana leaves
3. water

Method

1. Do not peel the yams, but wash thoroughly and wrap in banana leaf
2. Pour some water in a saucepan, put in the banana leaf petiole and midribs, locally known as emizingonyo, to create a base, and cover them with another banana leaf.
3. Place the wrapped yam into the saucepan and cover well with more banana leaves and another saucepan.
4. Place the saucepan on the fire and steam for up to 2 hours.
5. Once the yams are cooked, remove the saucepan from the fire and then unwrap and peel the soft, cooked yams.