How to make Efo Riro - Yoruba soup

How to make Efo Riro - Yoruba soup

Efo riro is one of the popular Yoruba soup in Nigeria, is one of my favourite Yoruba soup and i also like to eat it three times in a week because of the health benefits. continue reading..... click the read more

The name 'Efo' means Vegetable

Types of vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are water leaves, efo shoko, efo tete.

Here are the ingredients for making Efo riro, I do use up to 30mins for preparing the ingredients but it depend on how you prepare things on time and then the actual cooking takes about 50mins. As usual, the ingredients below can serve just about 5 to 6 people, you can increase or decrease depending on your family or friends.

Ingredients for 5-6 People

• Sliced any of the types (efo) you like to use (7-10 cups)

• 7-10 pieces stock fish

• assorted meat (1KG)

• 1 cup of sliced tatashe

• quater cup of sliced pepper

• half cup of sliced onions

• Half Cup of Ground Crayfish

• 3-4 spoons of iru (locust beans)

• smoked fish (2-3 medium)

• Palm oil (200ml/20cl)

• 3 knorr cubes or any of your choice

Preparation:

Either you use tatashe or shobo, about 5-9, slice alongside the fresh red pepper and transfer in a bowl, this improves the look of the soup at the end of the day. Wash meat thoroughly with lots of water and salt to remove sand then be sure to wash the smoked fish if you are making efo riro soup with fish because of the sand and dirts.

How To Cook Efo Riro

If you follow the steps below carefully you will end up with a very delicious of Obe Efo riro, (Obe) is the yoruba name for soup in case you are speculating.

Step 1

Place the washed meat in a pot, add a little of water, season with salt, sliced onions, 2 knorr cube and allow to boil for 10-15 minutes, add 1-2 cups of water and cook till tender and the water is almost dried.

Add the smoked fish, stock fish, add a cup of water and cook for another 10-15 minutes depending on the hardness of your stock fish, you need to know that people like them better when they are very soft. The water should be almost dried, don’t allow to burn.

Step 2

Remove the pot from heat, place another pot on heat and pour in some palm oil, 200ml/20cl. Allow to heat before adding the sliced onions, pepper/tatashe, stir and allow to fry for another ten minutes while stirring occassionally to avoid burning.

Step 3

Add the cooked meat/stock fish/smoked fish, stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, add the crayfish, iru, stir and allow another 3 minutes. Add a cube of maggi, salt to taste, stir and add the spinach leaves. Stir all together and allow to simmer for another 3-5 minutes and you just mad a delicious pot of efo riro

Step 4

This is how to make efo riro soup in Nigeria, please serve with Eba, Pounded yam, rice, beans, Semolina/ semovita, Amala or any other similar Nigerian Food of your choice, I like this soup and pounded yam the way it appears below.

Enjoy your self!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1



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