Ayamase, also spelled Ayamashe, is a special type of sauce or stew native to the

Yoruba people The Yoruba people ( ; , , ) are a West African ethnic group who inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, which are collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute more than 50 million people in Africa, are over a million outsid ...

in West Africa. It is eaten with

Ofada rice Ofada rice is a Yoruba people, Yoruba dish. It is the name of an Indigenous (ecology), indigenous rice from a small community called Ofada, located in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It is not exclusively grown in the commu ...

and sometimes regular white rice. It is a made with peppers, green peppers and spices. It usually contains meat, fish and eggs. It has a dark greenish colour. It is different from a stew called Ofada sauce or Lafenwa stew which is reddish and also eaten with Ofada rice. It is popular in Yoruba parties called Owambe and in home cooking. Rice and Ayamase sauce

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