Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, efo riro. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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. Efo Riro is a very popular Yoruba soup in Nigeria, it is one of my favorite Nigerian soups because of its health benefits.

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

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have efo riro using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Efo riro:

1. Get Shoko (I dunno if it is called spinach or something else but that is what we call it)
2. Prepare 5 Pepper mix (tasashe/red bell and 5 pepper scotch bonnet)
3. Get 1 large Onions
4. Take 1 cksp Palm oil
5. Get 1 tbsp Iru woro (locust beans)
6. Take 2 cups Smoked fish
7. Make ready 2 cups Beef
8. Make ready 1 1/2 Offals
9. Make ready 2 cups Pomo (cow hide)
10. Take to taste Salt

Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas. A major rule is; using tomatoes for Efo Riro is an absolute No No! Efo riro is a Yoruba vegetable soup from Nigeria. In fact, "efe" means "vegetables" in the Yoruba language.

Steps to make Efo riro:

1. Pick and wash the shoko. Then chop it. This vegetable has lots of water so you have to blanch it either with hot and cold water or wilt it without water by heating up a pot or pan and stirfrying the vegetables till it wilts and the water dries up. This method retains the green color and crunchiness of the vegetable.
2. Boil and season the meats to your taste.
3. Boil the roughly blended pepper
4. After about 5-8mins of cooking and allowing the meats soak in enough pepper juice now add your blanched vegetables and stir in properly. Cover the pot and allow to simmer for 2mins on low heat so the vegetable doesn't over cook. And your Almighty eforiro is ready to be served.
5. Heat up the palmoil in a pot, slightly fry the chopped onions and Iru. Then add the pepper. Allow to cook for some minutes before adding the boiled meats and smoked fish.

Efo riro can be cooked with a variety of meats, including both red meats (e.g. Efo Riro is a delicious stew of meat and greens native to the Yorubas of Nigeria, one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. There are versions of the green leafy vegetable stew made in different parts of. 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.

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