How To Prepare Vegetables Soup.

How To Prepare Vegetables Soup.


Vegetables Soup popularly known as "Efo Riro" is one of the western part of Nigerian known as Yoruba's. Vegetables soup "Efo Riro" is a Yoruba Delicacy. The vegetables soup "Efo Riro" can be cooked with different types of vegetables such as:

* Water leaves; (Gbure in Yoruba, Botanical Name:Talinum Triangulare)

* Ugu "pumpkin" leaves,

* Bitter leaves; (Onugbu in Igbo, Efo Ewuro in Yoruba, shuwaka in Hausa, Etidot in Cross River, Botanical Name: Vernonia Amygdalina),

* Eggplant leaves; (Garden egg leaf, Gboma, Efo Igbo in Yoruba, Botanical Name: Solanium marcrocarpon),

And

* Spinach; (Efo Tete in Yoruba, Botanical Name: Amaranthus Hybridus).
All this kind of vegetables listed above are allowed in cooking Efo Riro.

INGREDIENTS

* You can use any of the vegetables listed above.

* Fried Meat.

* Rosted Fish.

* Stock Fish.

* Palm oil.

* 2 Teacups of Crayfish.

* 2 Medium Onions.

* 3 Stock cubes.

* Salt.

* Habanero peppers.

* 2 tablespoonful of ogiri okpei (Iru, Locust bean).

* 5 bells of fresh Tomatoes.

Before proceeding with the cooking of Vegetables soup "Efo Riro''.

1. Boil the stockfish for 30 minutes or more than, the stockfish cooking duration depends on how hard it is.  When it done, clean it and remove the bones, then separate them into smaller pieces.

2. Select and arrange the leaves of any vegetables of your choice, chop it, then pour into a bowl of hot water for an hour or till it softening.

Notes;

* If using Water leaves; (Gbure in Yoruba, Botanical Name:Talinum Triangulare), you don't have to add hot water, add cold water to it and set aside.

* If using Bitter leaves; (Onugbu in Igbo, Efo Ewuro in Yoruba, shuwaka in Hausa, Etidot in Cross River, Botanical Name: Vernonia Amygdalina), you wash it and cook for about 30 minutes. "don't know how to wash bitter leaves, click here".

* If using Ugu "pumpkin" leaves, chop and soak in warm water for about 20 minutes.

3. Pound the Pepper, Onions, Tomatoes and grind the crayfish.

COOKING DIRECTIONS:

1. Set up your cooker or stove, place a pot to fry the stew.

2. Pour the palm oil into the pot to heat and when it's change color from red to light red, pour the pounded Pepper, Onions, Tomatoes and grind the crayfish, and cook for 5 minutes.

3. After 5 minutes, add the following...

Rosted Fish,

Stock Fish,

Stock cubes,

Salt,

Ogiri okpei (Iru, Locust bean).

Cover and cook for about 10 minutes.

4. On under the 10 minutes, prepare the vegetables you have chosen to be your choice.

5. After 10 minutes, add your vegetables, and stir until all mixed together, cover and cook still it gets a good looking. Take note of not getting burn or overcooked. After about 2 minutes, you're done with the cooking of the Vegetables Soup "Efo Riro". Now enjoy with Amala, Semolina, Pounded Yam, Pounded Cocoa Yam, Eba, Fufu Meal, or Pap.

Please feel free to ask any questions about this recipe