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Vegetable Soup with Ugu and Water Leaves Edikang Ikong Soup Recipe 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!

Efo riro (vegetable soup) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Efo riro (vegetable soup) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have efo riro (vegetable soup) using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (vegetable soup):

1. Prepare Vegetable (I used the vegetable called shokoyokoto)
2. Make ready 8 Scotch bonnet pepper
3. Get 3 red bell pepper
4. Get 2 medium sized smoked fish
5. Prepare 2 medium sized dried fish
6. Prepare 2 cooking spoon of both palm oil and g.nut oil
7. Prepare 1 kg goat meat
8. Make ready Spices
9. Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
10. Take to taste Salt
11. Make ready 1/2 kg Ponmo
12. Get 3 tbsp locust bean powder
13. Take Water
14. Take Ginger and garlic paste
15. Take 3 tbsp crayfish (grinded)

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 - 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".

Instructions to make Efo riro (vegetable soup):

1. Get all ingredients ready, cleaned and handy
2. 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).
3. While the meat is boiling, roughly pound or blend the peppers (scotch bonnet, red bell pepper, black pepper, onion, garlic and ginger).
4. Chop the vegetable but not thinly sliced, wash and steam lightly with little salt for 2-3minutes
5. By now the meat is completely cooked, bring down and drain the stock, keep aside.
6. 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.
7. 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 😋😋😋
8. 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.

However, we just don't stir this by itself, we stir it in a rich pepper sauce which is loaded. 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). If these are not readily available where you live, leafy or frozen spinach is a very good substitute. Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas.

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