Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ekpang nkukwuo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ekpang-Nkukwuo as the name implies is a native porridge well known among the Efiks and Ibibios in south-south Nigeria; it is simply a special cocoyam porridge prepared by wrapping grated cocoyam. Ekwang, also known as ekpang nkukwo, is made of freshly grated cocoyam, then wrapped in leafy greens and slowly simmered with various types of fresh or smoked meat, fish, crayfish. Ekpang Nkukwo is similar to the Ijebu Ikokore (recipe HERE), as they are both pottage dishes.
Ekpang nkukwuo is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Ekpang nkukwuo is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ekpang nkukwuo using 9 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Ekpang nkukwuo:
- Prepare Medium sized water yam
- Take 4 cocoyam
- Take Periwinkle
- Get Palm oil
- Get leaves Vegetable
- Make ready Cow hyde
- Get to taste Salt
- Get cube Maggi
- Get Stock fish
Other additives such as seafoods, leaves, oil etc makes the food a balanced diet. Ekpang nkukwo is one of the most favorite Nigerian foods. It takes about two hours to cook, which it makes it a bit difficult, but when you see the result, you understand that it's worth it. Which is your favourite Ekpang Nkukwo bowl?
Instructions to make Ekpang nkukwuo:
- Put oil at the base of the pot, then Peel and grate the cocoyam and water yam together and mix it together, then wrap it in the vegetable leaves in small portions, and place them on the oil in the pot, continue until you wrap up all the mixture. Then add the blended crayfish, pepper, salt, maggi, cow hyde and stock fish. a
- Cover the pot and allow the oil to melt and then add water from one corner of the pot to avoid loosening the wraps, add water until it covers to the surface then cover the pot allow it to cook for 20mins then stir it and taste, if it looks too thick add a little more water to loosen it up a bit then add shredded vegetable leaves then allow it to cook for 5mins then stir it and allow it to cook for 5mins then put off the gas cooker.
Ekpang nkukwo is prepared with grated coco yam, vegetables , dried fish, goat meat or any meat of your choice, palm oil, crayfish,fresh pepper and seasoning. Ekpang Nkukwo na porridge but wetin dem pack full for di food go burst your brain, na very Ekpang Nkukwo na very important food for di Efik pipo of Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. Ekpang is a traditional Nigerian dish made with Cocoyam or water yam. I share how to cook Ekpang nkukwo in this video. Ekpang Nkukwo Recipe video produced by willyverse Find more recipes on.
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