Efo Riro (spinach Stew)
Efo Riro (spinach Stew)

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Efo Riro (spinach Stew) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Efo Riro (spinach Stew) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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 Efo riro is derived from the Yoruba language in Nigeria. Efo means "Green leafy vegetable" or "spinach", and riro, means "to stir".

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook efo riro (spinach stew) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Efo Riro (spinach Stew):
  1. Make ready 400 g spinach
  2. Get 1 kg cow leg
  3. Prepare 500 g fresh fish
  4. Take Dry fish
  5. Make ready 10 tbs cray fish
  6. Get 15 big balls of fresh tomatoes
  7. Get 20 balls of red pepper
  8. Get 2 large onion
  9. Prepare Locust beans
  10. Make ready Palm oil

Efo riro can be classified as one of the easiest Nigerian soup or Anyway I decided to add the spinach in the already boiling stew. I just cooked the tomatoes in some boiling meat stock. I am not calling this Efo Riro, because Efo riro requires a lot more finesse and the flavor profile is a bit different. [due to the time it takes to bleach the oil, the presence of Iru (locust beans) and the absence of tomatoes in Efo Riro. Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas.

Instructions to make Efo Riro (spinach Stew):
  1. Blend one onions with tomato and pepper. Chop the other onions
  2. In a pot heat oil add onions and locust beans
  3. Add the cow leg dry fish and fresh fish
  4. Add the blended tomato mix and allow to cook star occasionally
  5. Add Maggi salt and cray fish
  6. Pour hot water on your spinach, drain the water off and add spinach to cooking stew stir for 3min
  7. Add cow leg dry fish and fresh fish stair for 1min and add stock

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! Growing up my favorite stew was efo riro, that's stirred spinach for an exact Yoruba to English translation. My favorites were made by my mom and my faux aunt, Mummy Hamed. Mummy Hamed made the most succulent of efos.

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