How to Cooking Appetizing 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 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Efo Riro

1. Prepare of Vegetables, chopped and rinsed.

2. You need of Locust beans.

3. It’s of Pepper and onions.

4. You need of Dry fish.

5. You need of Ponmo.

6. You need of Meat.

7. Prepare of Crayfish.

8. You need cubes of Salt and seasoning.

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. Boil your meats and stockfish, set aside.

2. Grate your Pepper and onions, and chop some onions separately.

3. Put a clean pot on source of heat, and pour like 2cooking spoon of red oil and heat it up, when it is hot, add your chopped onions and locust beans. Keep trying at interval until the onion is translucent and the locust beans is fried..

4. Add your grated pepper and onion, fry till the water dry up.

5. Add your meat, stockfish, crayfish, dry fish, seasoning cubes and salt and stir.

6. Add the vegetables, starting with waterleaf, then pumpkin and stir very well.

7. Allow to simmer for few minutes and take the pot off the heat source.

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.