Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, efo riro (vegetable soup). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Efo riro (vegetable soup) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Efo riro (vegetable soup) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
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 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!
To begin with this 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 cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (vegetable soup):
- Make ready Vegetable (I used the vegetable called shokoyokoto)
- Prepare 8 Scotch bonnet pepper
- Get 3 red bell pepper
- Make ready 2 medium sized smoked fish
- Take 2 medium sized dried fish
- Make ready 2 cooking spoon of both palm oil and g.nut oil
- Take 1 kg goat meat
- Get Spices
- Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready 1/2 kg Ponmo
- Take 3 tbsp locust bean powder
- Take Water
- Make ready Ginger and garlic paste
- Make ready 3 tbsp crayfish (grinded)
Plum tomatoes are best for Nigerians stews because they are denser. Today I made Efo Riro which is one of my favorite vegetable soups. "Efo riro" is a Yoruba word which simply means "Vegetable soup" and it's enjoyed by many. This is because it's really versatile and could be eaten with meals such as Rice, Yam and any type of Swallow. When I got to the market to buy the.
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 very popular Yoruba soup in Nigeria, it is one of my favorite Nigerian soups because of its health benefits. The name 'efo' means vegetables, hence it is a Yoruba rich vegetable soup. Believe me when I tell you that this happens to be one of the most delicious Yoruba soups that I have. 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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