Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, ekpang nkwukwo. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ekpang Nkwukwo is one of the Nigerian cocoyam recipes made with grated cocoyam, water yam, cocoyam leaves and periwinkle. It is a Nigerian food recipe native to the South South Eastern Nigeria. Ekpang Nkwukwo is one of the Nigerian cocoyam recipes made with grated cocoyam, water yam, cocoyam leaves and periwinkle.
Ekpang Nkwukwo is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Ekpang Nkwukwo is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ekpang nkwukwo using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ekpang Nkwukwo:
- Make ready Cocoyam 8 - 10 (the red ones)
- Get Cocoyam leaves or Ugu leave
- Prepare 1 Tsp Black Pepper
- Prepare 5 fresh pepper pounded
- Take I cooking spoonful of Crayfish
- Prepare Dried Shrimps slighted pounded
- Make ready 3 handful shelled periwinkles
- Get Dried Fish
- Get Stockfish
- Make ready Pomo
- Get Smoked Panla fish
- Take Palm oil
- Make ready A.handful of uzuzia leaves or scent leaves
- Make ready 1 big red onion
- Take 1 season cube (optional)
- Get to taste Salt
It is a Nigerian food recipe native to the South South Eastern Nigeria. Ekpang Nkwukwo is a cocoyam recipe eaten mainly in Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. This special delicacy is relished by many and the taste is mouth-watering. Ekpang is a savoury cocoyam dish bursting with many layers of flavours Tnis dish is usually made for that special guest, friend or even business associates.
Steps to make Ekpang Nkwukwo:
- Peel the cocoyam wash them in running water, then grate very smoothly. After grating, season with salt, black pepper and 2 table spoon of oil.
- Prepare the.leaves by cuttinginto the strips or if using ugu kust pick yhem from the stem.
- Cover the bottom of the.pot with oil and spead out the periwinkles.
- Now using your hand, scoop some of the grated cocoyam into the leave and roll away from you till you form a cigar shape.
- Placed the wrapped cocoyam into the pit on the perwinkles. - Repeat the process of wrapping till you run out of thengrated cocoyam
- Meanwhile, you should have steamed the stockfish and pomo to soften and flavor them up. Add the stockfish, Dried fish, Smoked kpanla, the big red onion chopped, fresh pepper, remaining black pepper on the top.
- Pour boiling water to cover the pot. Then sprinkle the salt over it and allow to cook. Add the remaining oil, season cube too, give the pot a.little shake and allow to cook.
- Lastly, add the crayfish and scent leaf or uziza (which ever one you are using) allow to cook for 5 mins. Then stir with a wooden spoon to ge all the ingredients well blended in and taste.
- Turn off heat and serve your Ekpang Nkwukwo
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