How to Vegan Perfect 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 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Efo Riro

  1. It’s of Spinach /Green.

  2. It’s of Pepper.

  3. It’s of Tomato.

  4. It’s of Onions.

  5. You need of Stock fish.

  6. Prepare of Assorted meat.

  7. Prepare of Iced fish.

  8. You need of Palm oil.

  9. Prepare of Iru.

  10. Prepare of Seasonings.

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. Wash blanch and cut spinach,set aside.

  2. Blend pepper.tomato and onions,not to be smooth.

  3. Season and boil meat.with stock fish.

  4. Season,boil and fry iced fish.

  5. Wash dried fish,d dont pieces.

  6. Heat up oil and pour blended pepper and onion,add seasoning cube,. Add dried fish and fried fish allow to simmer. Remove fish and add vegetables and stir. Sllow to cook got 5mins and serve as shown. Can be eaten with pounded yam,semolina or rice.

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.