BOOLI AND GRILLED FISH WITH PEPPER SAUCE
Visiting Port Harcourt? Don't leave without tasting the delicious street food of roasted plantain and grilled fish with pepper sauce. Rich in protein, iron and vitamins, Booli (as it is called in Yoruba language or Bole (in Port Harcourt) is made with slightly ripe plantain and a variety of fish mainly tilapia or croaker. Roasted yams are also available if preferred. It is also garnished with vegetables. The fertility-boosting Utazi leaves are also optional for this renowned Niger Delta delicacy found mainly on the street corners like D-Line, Elekahia, close to the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium and scores of places in the Port Harcourt Township popularly called 'town'.
Frequently used in many Nigerian delicacies, Utazi slightly better-sweet in taste; and has culinary, medicinal, and nutritional values. The high amount of minerals and presence of phytochemicals also give Utazi leaves some of its therapeutic properties. It is mostly grown in such countries as Nigeria. Sierra Leone, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Most of Utazi leaves can be found in the south of Nigeria. In addition, these leaves have a different name in every tribe in Nigeria. The Igbo tribe calls it Utazi, but in the Yoruba language, it is called Arokeke. The Efik and Ibibio tribes in Cross River and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria name these leaves Utasi.
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