Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ekpang nkukwo. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Ekwang, also known as ekpang nkukwo, is made of freshly grated cocoyam, then wrapped in leafy greens and slowly simmered with various types of fresh or smoked meat, fish, crayfish. Ekpang Nkukwo is similar to the Ijebu Ikokore (recipe HERE), as they are both pottage dishes. The stars aligned and I could finally make authentic Ekpang Nkukwo.

Ekpang nkukwo is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Ekpang nkukwo is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ekpang nkukwo using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ekpang nkukwo:

1. Get 1 kg water yam
2. Make ready 1.5 kg cocoyam
3. Prepare Perewinkles
4. Take leaves Ugu/green
5. Prepare Beef/goatmeat
6. Prepare Dry fish
7. Take Kpomo
8. Take Crayfish
9. Make ready Palm oil
10. Make ready cubes Seasoning
11. Take Salt
12. Make ready Pepper
13. Make ready leaves Curry

It takes about two hours to cook, which it makes it a bit difficult, but when you see the result, you understand that it's worth it. Ekpang-Nkukwuo as the name implies is refers to a special cocoyam porridge, wrapped with tender cocoyam leaves, lettuce, or spinach. Entrepreneur, Educationist, God lover, the voice of reasoning, Strategist. Ekpang Nkukwo is a stew dish made from cocoa yam and is native to the South-South region of Nigeria.

Steps to make Ekpang nkukwo:

1. Peel the water yam and cocoyam. Wash them thoroughly and cut into chunks
2. With a wooden greater, great the two together (not sure I used the right verb here)
3. Once done, mix them thoroughly together with a wooden spoon and then add some seasoning cubes and salt. Mix the paste again to ensure it goes round
4. Wash and cut either the ugu leaves or green leaves
5. Begin to wrap the paste in the leaves in tiny bits (this may take about an hour or more)
6. The ekpang is wrapped directly into the pot that you intend to cook with
7. Wash and steam your meat. Once it's done, pour them into the wrapped ekpang
8. Add the already cut perewinkles, kpomo, dry fish, salt, seasoning cubes, crayfish, and pepper, then set the pot aside
9. Boil some water and ensure you bring it to boiling point and then pour it into the pot of ekpang, cover it and put it on fire (PLEASE DO NOT STIR)
10. Allow the ekpang to cook for about 30 minutes before you stir. Cover it again and still allow it cook
11. Keep stirring until you're sure it is well cooked. You can add some more water if it looks too dry.
12. Once you're sure it is well cooked, add some palm oil and the sliced curry leaves
13. Your ekpang dish is ready. Bring it down and enjoy this African goodness.

Similar to the Ikokore dish, popular with Ijebu people, Ekwang is, as it is commonly known. Ekpang Nkukwo na very important food for di Efik pipo of Cross River State, south-south Nigeria. Dem dey cook am for big family gatherings like weddings and e dey take time to prepare. This is how to cook Ekpang Nkukwo. ▫ Peel, wash and you can either grate or blend the cocoyam. ▫ Pick Your Cocoyam leaves. I share how to cook Ekpang nkukwo in this video.

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