How to Summer Yummy 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 cook Efo riro using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Efo riro

1. Prepare of Green leaf(efo tete).

2. Prepare of Pepper,tomatoes,onion,crayfish.

3. Prepare of Locusts bean(iru).

4. You need of Palm oil.

5. Prepare of Dry fish,ponmo,.

6. Prepare of Beef or any protein of ur choice.

7. Prepare of Know chicken cube,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 instructions

1. Pick ur green wash slice in a bowl add salt and warm water for 2min then drain the water and set aside.

2. Wash ur meat add onion and knorr cube and cook till tender, pound ur pepper and crayfish, slice tomatoes and onion set aside, wash ur dry fish and locusts bean.

3. In a pot add ur oil heat up for 3min and add onion allow for a min and add the sliced tomatoes and pounded pepper fry for a while and add ur locusts bean, dry fish and stir allow to cook for 6min and correct ur seasoning then add ur green allow to simmer for 2min then serve with any swallow of ur choice or rice, yam.

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.