Easiest Way to Vegan at dinner Efo-riro

Easiest Way to Vegan at dinner Efo-riro Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Efo-riro. Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are Efo Shoko or Efo Tete (Green Amaranth). If these are not readily available where you live, leafy or frozen spinach is a very good substitute.

These are the local spinach varieties that are very popular and easily available.

In other parts of the world, any spinach greens will do.

Efo Riro means mixed Vegetables, it is from the Western part of Nigeria and the Calabar's has a similar soup called "Edikaikong Soup".

You can cook Efo-riro using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Efo-riro

1. Prepare 1 bunch of shoko.

2. You need of Peppermix (shombo,atarodo,tattasai).

3. Prepare 1/2 cup of locust beans.

4. You need 1 of bulb onions.

5. It’s 2 of maggi crayfish cubes.

6. Prepare 3 of maggi hotpot cubes.

7. You need 1/2 cup of grounded crayfish.

8. Prepare 2 pcs of kpomo.

9. It’s of Beef as desired.

10. It’s 1 cup of palm oil.

11. Prepare 1 of dry fish.

12. You need of Shaki as desired.

Efo Riro is enjoyed by many, you can also use various option of Leaf such as Shokoyokoto Efotete "green amaranth" popularly known as Green e.t.c.

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 cook putting it all together (as long as you already have all your ingredients prepped).

The name 'efo' means vegetables, hence it is a Yoruba rich vegetable soup.

Efo-riro step by step

1. Here are d ingredients.

2. In a pot heat palmoil, add onions n locust beans fry for 2 mins.

3. Add grounded crayfish, peppermix n maggi hotpot cubes fry d peppermix for 20mins.

4. After 20mins add dry fish n maggi crayfish cubes.

5. Add d beef, kpomo, and shaki.

6. Add shoko leaves, add more crayfish n stir allow to cook for 1min thats all enjoy.

Believe me when I tell you that this happens to be one of the most delicious Yoruba soups that I have made.

Nigerian Efo Riro Recipe You know that 'efo' situation where the efo sits on one side of the bowl and the water migrates to the other side? that isn't efo riro, If efo Efo riro cannot be rushed, in fact, the longer you allow the stew and spinach to simmer the better it will taste.

Additionally, do not shy away from adding broth or water to your stew.

The added liquid allows the flavors to marry.

Efo Riro is one of the most popular vegetable soup in Nigeria.