Order abacha, the cold cassava salad, the Aba way
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Abacha is an Igbo dish of shredded cassava dressed in palm oil softened with potash, and Wikivoyage lists it among the local dishes to try in Aba. Ask for it with ugba, garden egg and a topping of dried fish or cow skin, and for utazi leaves if you like a slightly bitter edge. It is eaten cold as a snack or a light meal, often with palm wine or a chilled drink. Order it fresh in a busy eatery so it has not sat.
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