Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, efo riro (vegetable soup). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Efo riro (Vegetable soup) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Efo riro (Vegetable soup) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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 - 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 but little work from the cook putting it all together (as long as you already have all your ingredients prepped).
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have efo riro (vegetable soup) using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):
- Make ready 2 bunches shoko leaves
- Make ready 1/2 kilogramme of chicken
- Get 2 medium sized tomatoes
- Prepare 8 bell peppers (use the quantity you're comfortable with)
- Get 1 table spoon grounded crayfish
- Get 1 medium sized onion
- Make ready 2/3 cup palm oil
- Make ready smoked titus fish or any kind of fish you prefer
- Prepare pomo
- Prepare salt
- Make ready cubes seasoning
- Take locust bean
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. A major rule is; using tomatoes for Efo Riro is an absolute No No! Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'.
Steps to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):
- Wash your chicken, tomatoes, pepper, onion, pomo, deboned smoked fish, skoko leaves and rinse your locust beans in case it has sand in it
- Blend the tomatoes and peppers separately. The tomatoes should be smoothly blended but not the peppers. Set aside.
- Dice the pomo and onions. Set aside
- Slice the shoko leaves, put in a bowl then pour some hot water into it. Leave for 5 minutes before rinsing it out with cold water. Ensure you squeeze out all the excess water in it. Set aside.
- Cook your chicken. Season with salt, pepper, onion and seasoning cubes. When it is cooked, bring the chicken out of the stock, pour out some of the stock which you'the use for cooking and use the rest of it to cook your pomo.
- Place another pot on the cooker, pour in your palm oil. Allow to heat up for a few seconds. Season your oil with salt and seasoning cube, add your diced onions. Allow to cook for 30 seconds.
- Pour in your blended pepper. Allow to cook for a little while. Add your blended tomatoes, grounded crayfish and locust bean. Allow to cook until almost dry.
- Add your chicken stock, pomo and chicken. Taste to know if there's need to add salt or seasoning. When this sauce is dried i.e there's no visible water in it.
- Add your shoko leaves and stir properly.
- Finally, add your smoked fish and stir gently. Food is ready!
A major rule is; using tomatoes for Efo Riro is an absolute No No! Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'. In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo How to make Efo Riro. Start by cooking whatever meat you decide to use. I prepared my goat meat Okro Soup (African Okra Soup).
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