FOOD INSPIRATION FRIDAYS; AFRICAN DISH-EWEDU SOUP
Hallo TTB Fam,
Today on Food inspiration fridays i am going to be talking about how to prepare a Nigerian delicacy called the ewedu soup. This soup which is popular with the yoruba speaking people of Nigerian is one soup that you will definitely enjoy eating (whispers; it can turn you into a foodie you have been warned!!!)
Ingredients
Ewedu leaves (corchorus olitorius) 300g
1/2 teaspoon of powdered potash1.5 cups of water
Ewedu Broom or a blender
Salt to taste
Maggi (1 or 2 cubes)
Chilly Pepper to taste
4-5 spoons of ground crayfish
How to prepare(Modus operandi-lolzz)
Nicely pick just the leaves (no stem allowed), then go ahead and wash properly with a lot of water to remove any sand left on it.Pour 1.5 cups of water to a cooking pot and heat to boiling point, add the washed ewedu leaves, soak the half teaspoon of potash in half cup of water and filter into the pot (to soften the leaves), cook for 7-10 minutes.
Then use the cooking broom to mash (more like pound) continuously inside the pot, this will turn the leaves to tiny bits after mashing for about five minutes.
Alternatively, You can also transfer into a blender and pulse a couple of times, I think this way is easier and better. That was how I made the soup above, couldn’t find the ewedu broom.
Transfer back to the pot and add the ground crayfish, maggi, salt and pepper to taste. Allow to simmer for just five minutes and you are done with making ewedu soup.
Serve ewedu soup plus stew and meat with either amala, eba, semo or pounded yam, the exact way a Yoruba man would love it.( SOURCE: ALLNIGERIANFOOD.COM)
That's all this week on food inspiration fridays see you next week..... I hope you enjoy preparing this meal!!!
I learnt it's also called jute leaf....I love to eat mine with small.nice one dear.
ReplyDeleteI learnt it's also called jute leaf....I love to eat mine with amala.nice one dear.
ReplyDeleteThank you dear.... That's Wonderful!! !
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