Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, efo riro (spinach stew). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Efo Riro (spinach Stew) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Efo Riro (spinach Stew) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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 get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have efo riro (spinach stew) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Efo Riro (spinach Stew):
- Get 400 g spinach
- Make ready 1 kg cow leg
- Make ready 500 g fresh fish
- Make ready Dry fish
- Make ready 10 tbs cray fish
- Prepare 15 big balls of fresh tomatoes
- Make ready 20 balls of red pepper
- Make ready 2 large onion
- Make ready Locust beans
- Take 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.
Steps to make Efo Riro (spinach Stew):
- Blend one onions with tomato and pepper. Chop the other onions
- In a pot heat oil add onions and locust beans
- Add the cow leg dry fish and fresh fish
- Add the blended tomato mix and allow to cook star occasionally
- Add Maggi salt and cray fish
- Pour hot water on your spinach, drain the water off and add spinach to cooking stew stir for 3min
- 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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