How to Make Delicious Efo riro(ugwu)

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How to Make Delicious Efo riro(ugwu) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Efo riro(ugwu). Efo Riro Recipe is a very popular Yoruba soup in Nigeria, it is one of my favorite Nigerian soups because of its health benefits. The name 'efo' means vegetables, hence it is a Yoruba rich vegetable soup. Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas.

Efo riro is the soup for you , If you love a rich, tasty and flavorful soup. c'mon and excite your palate with this spicy soup.

Efo Riro soup recipe first appeared on this website a few years back and was a big favorite among our readers, who also poured in their happy feedbacks.

Even though the old recipe is good as it is, I have updated it a bit and I can tell you that this efo riro.

You can cook Efo riro(ugwu) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Efo riro(ugwu)

  1. You need 1/2 cup of palmoil.

  2. It’s 1 of medium size onions.

  3. Prepare of Iru(locust beans).

  4. You need of Crayfish.

  5. You need of Fried chicken.

  6. You need of Blended pepper (rodo,tatashe).

  7. It’s of Salt.

  8. It’s of Maggi.

No the ugwu isn't tough for efo riro at all especially since it's being combined with green.

Infact Once you are done, it'd end up being soft.

I used a blender to puree the pepper and that requires water and boiling the pepper is to ensure whatever water i must have added evaporates. if you grind the pepper without a blender i.e with a grinding.

Efo Riro is a traditional Vegetable Soup of the Yoruba Tribe in Nigeria.

Efo riro(ugwu) step by step

  1. Get your ingredients ready.

  2. Put the palm oil in a dry pot,on medium heat,after its hot a little,saute the onions for about a minute..

  3. The add your rinsed and stone free locust beans and saute slightly until it starts to give a nice smell.

  4. Then add your blended pepper and stir. Cover and let it simmer for about 2 minutes..

  5. After 2 min, add your salt,Maggi and any other spice you want to use and stir. Then add your fried chicken and crayfish (not Grounded),then cover and let it boil a little..

  6. Then add your already chopped and rinsed ugwu(do not wash with hot water because it removes the nutrients), cover and let simmer before steering..

  7. After it simmer,then steer.leave for another 20seconds.Then its ready to serve.

  8. Serve with your favorite swallow or rice..

It is well known for its savory taste and richness.

It is actually the Yoruba version of the Efik's Edikang Ikong Soup , but with a big twist ☺.

This recipe is a modified version of Nigeria's vegetable soup, efo-riro, using kale in lieu of efo-tete or fluted pumpkin (ugwu) leaves.

Kale (or borecole), one of the healthiest vegetables, and a nutritional powerhouse, is rich in the type of antioxidants thought to prevent various cancers.

Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria.