Ekpang Nkukwuo
Ekpang Nkukwuo

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Ekpang Nkukwuo is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Ekpang Nkukwuo is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ekpang nkukwuo using 9 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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The ingredients needed to make Ekpang Nkukwuo:
  1. Take 1 small size of water yam
  2. Prepare 5 medium size cocoyam
  3. Take cube Knorr crayfish or maggi star
  4. Take Periwinkle
  5. Prepare Pepper
  6. Prepare Palm oil
  7. Take leaf Vegetable
  8. Take Beef or ice fish
  9. Make ready Crayfish

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:
  1. Peel the water yam and coco yam, grate them with a grater and mix them together, add a little salt and maggi cube or knorr cube and mix it. Pluck the vegetable leaves and wash them until there's no sand at the bottom of the washing bowl. Steam the beef or fish, cut the periwinkle, wash and boil for 5mins and put it down to rinse
  2. In a clean and dry pot add palm oil enough to barely cover the bottom of the pot, wrap the mixture of the coco yam & water yam in each vegetable leaf, continue the process until every mixture is wrapped. Put the pot on fire & cover lid. Blend the crayfish & pepper by now the palm oil has melted, add the blend, water enough to cover the wraps, seasonings, beef, periwinkle, allow to cook for 15mins before stirring, add the chopped vegetables and bring down the pot 5mins after and the food is ready

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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