Easiest Way to Quick at dinner Efo riro

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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.

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

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 is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'.

You can have Efo riro using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Efo riro

1. Prepare 5 cups of sliced spinach leaves.

2. It’s 1 kg of Assorted meat.

3. It’s 2 of medium size of smoke fish.

4. You need 200 ml of palm oil.

5. It’s 2 of knorr cubes.

6. It’s 2 spoons of iru (locust beans).

7. Prepare Half of cup slice onions.

8. You need Half of cup blended pepper.

9. It’s Half of cup ground crayfish.

10. You need to taste of Salt.

In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or 'Efo Tete' (African spinach).

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 is a very popular Yoruba soup in Nigeria, it is one of my favorite Nigerian soups because of its health benefits.

Efo riro step by step

1. Place the wash meat on fire after seasoning and allow to boil, then add 2 cups of water and cook till tender, add smoke fish and cook for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat..

2. Add another pot on fire, pour oil, allow to heat before adding onions, then pepper and allow to fry. Add the cook meat and fish, stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, add Crayfish, iru stir and allow for another 3 minutes. Add the spinach leaves stir and allow for another 3 minutes, remove from the heat and your soup is ready..

3. Serve with Eba or fufu.

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

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 is one of the popular vegetable soups in Nigerian.

It ranks with the likes of Afang and Edikang ikong.

While Efo riro is native to the Yorubas, Edikang ikong is native to the Efiks and Ibibios.