Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, efo riro(ugwu). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are Efo Shoko or Efo Tete (Green Amaranth). Efo Riro - The African Stewed Spinach also popularly known as Efo riro is a one-pot stew with layers of flavor.
Efo riro(ugwu) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Efo riro(ugwu) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook efo riro(ugwu) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Efo riro(ugwu):
- Take 1/2 cup palmoil
- Get 1 medium size onions
- Prepare Iru(locust beans)
- Get Crayfish
- Take Fried chicken
- Take Blended pepper (rodo,tatashe)
- Make ready Salt
- Get Maggi
Learn how to make this delicious Efo Riro Soup. Efo Riro is a traditional Vegetable Soup of the Yoruba Tribe in Nigeria. Efo-riro is a hearty Nigerian soup native to the Yorubas. It usually consists of stock cubes, pumpkin The name efo-riro means vegetable soup, and it is recommended to serve it with fufu on the side.
Steps to make Efo riro(ugwu):
- Get your ingredients ready
- Put the palm oil in a dry pot,on medium heat,after it's hot a little,saute the onions for about a minute.
- The add your rinsed and stone free locust beans and saute slightly until it starts to give a nice smell
- Then add your blended pepper and stir. Cover and let it simmer for about 2 minutes.
- After 2 min, add your salt,Maggi and any other spice you want to use and stir. Then add your fried chicken and crayfish (not Grounded),then cover and let it boil a little.
- Then add your already chopped and rinsed ugwu(do not wash with hot water because it removes the nutrients), cover and let simmer before steering.
- After it simmer,then steer.leave for another 20seconds.Then it's ready to serve
- Serve with your favorite swallow or rice.
Efo riro is a traditional yoruba dish that is served in many homes that are not necessarily from the Yoruba culture. Efo riro is sometimes served at parties, weddings and other gatherings in Nigeria. Efo riro is the Yoruba version of edikaikong. It is a staple in every Yoruba home and no occasion is complete without this delicacy. Today, I decided to prepare a pot of this delicacy for a client.
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