Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, efo riro (vegetable soup). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Efo riro as this vegetable soup is natively called in Yoruba literally translates to 'vegetable stir ' (where 'efo' translates to This Nigerian spinach stew, also called vegetable soup and natively known as "Efo Riro" is guaranteed to be one of the most savory and delicious spinach recipes you will ever taste! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you guys! Full written recipe for the vegetable soup (Efo riro).
Efo riro (vegetable soup) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Efo riro (vegetable soup) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook efo riro (vegetable soup) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (vegetable soup):
- Take Vegetable (I used the vegetable called shokoyokoto)
- Take 8 Scotch bonnet pepper
- Get 3 red bell pepper
- Take 2 medium sized smoked fish
- Get 2 medium sized dried fish
- Get 2 cooking spoon of both palm oil and g.nut oil
- Prepare 1 kg goat meat
- Get Spices
- Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Prepare 1/2 kg Ponmo
- Take 3 tbsp locust bean powder
- Take Water
- Take Ginger and garlic paste
- Get 3 tbsp crayfish (grinded)
Believe me when I tell you that this happens to be one of the most delicious Yoruba soups that I have. Efo Riro - The African Stewed Spinach also popularly known as Efo riro is a one-pot stew with layers of flavor. It requires quite a number of ingredients So basically, Efo riro simply means "stirred leafy vegetable". However, we just don't stir this by itself, we stir it in a rich pepper sauce which is loaded.
Instructions to make Efo riro (vegetable soup):
- Get all ingredients ready, cleaned and handy
- ChoppcWash the goat meat, season with spices, garlic and ginger paste, onion and salt, and bring to boil. While cooking, add the Ponmo and dried fish(already cleaned with salt and hot water, deboned).
- While the meat is boiling, roughly pound or blend the peppers (scotch bonnet, red bell pepper, black pepper, onion, garlic and ginger).
- Chop the vegetable but not thinly sliced, wash and steam lightly with little salt for 2-3minutes
- By now the meat is completely cooked, bring down and drain the stock, keep aside.
- Put clean pot on fire, add the cooking oils, when hot (not bleach), add chopped onions fry until translucent then pour in the blended peppers, allow to fry stirring occasionally to avoid burning. Add the meat/fish stock, boil and add in the meat, fish and ponmo, stir. Allow to cook for 5 minutes, at this point, add in the already deboned smoked fish and crayfish. Taste and adjust if necessary.
- Add the steamed vegetable and stir gently in order not to make the fish chunks to become mashed. Allow to simmer for 1minute and bring down. Enjoy 😋😋😋
- Can be eaten with swallow of choice, rice, boiled yam or potatoes. I did enjoyed mine with correct eba and the leftover with boiled white rice.
Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'. In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or Vegetables: Plum (roma) tomatoes, red bell peppers, habanero peppers, and onions. Plum tomatoes are best for Nigerians stews because they are denser. Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas. It's quite an easy dish to prepare, as long as you follow the major instructions and requirements.
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