Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, efo riro (vegetable soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Efo riro as this vegetable soup is natively called in Yoruba literally translates to 'vegetable stir ' (where 'efo' translates to This Nigerian spinach stew, also called vegetable soup and natively known as "Efo Riro" is guaranteed to be one of the most savory and delicious spinach recipes you will ever taste! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you guys! Full written recipe for the vegetable soup (Efo riro). Cook With Me: Nigerian Vegetable Soup With Fresh ugu And Water Leaf

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook efo riro (vegetable soup) using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):

1. Take 2 bunches shoko leaves
2. Make ready 1/2 kilogramme of chicken
3. Make ready 2 medium sized tomatoes
4. Make ready 8 bell peppers (use the quantity you're comfortable with)
5. Get 1 table spoon grounded crayfish
6. Get 1 medium sized onion
7. Get 2/3 cup palm oil
8. Get smoked titus fish or any kind of fish you prefer
9. Make ready pomo
10. Take salt
11. Get cubes seasoning
12. Take locust bean

It requires quite a number of ingredients So basically, Efo riro simply means "stirred leafy vegetable". However, we just don't stir this by itself, we stir it in a rich pepper sauce which is loaded. Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'. In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or Vegetables: Plum (roma) tomatoes, red bell peppers, habanero peppers, and onions.

Steps to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):

1. Wash your chicken, tomatoes, pepper, onion, pomo, deboned smoked fish, skoko leaves and rinse your locust beans in case it has sand in it
2. Blend the tomatoes and peppers separately. The tomatoes should be smoothly blended but not the peppers. Set aside.
3. Dice the pomo and onions. Set aside
4. Slice the shoko leaves, put in a bowl then pour some hot water into it. Leave for 5 minutes before rinsing it out with cold water. Ensure you squeeze out all the excess water in it. Set aside.
5. Cook your chicken. Season with salt, pepper, onion and seasoning cubes. When it is cooked, bring the chicken out of the stock, pour out some of the stock which you'the use for cooking and use the rest of it to cook your pomo.
6. Place another pot on the cooker, pour in your palm oil. Allow to heat up for a few seconds. Season your oil with salt and seasoning cube, add your diced onions. Allow to cook for 30 seconds.
7. Pour in your blended pepper. Allow to cook for a little while. Add your blended tomatoes, grounded crayfish and locust bean. Allow to cook until almost dry.
8. Add your chicken stock, pomo and chicken. Taste to know if there's need to add salt or seasoning. When this sauce is dried i.e there's no visible water in it.
9. Add your shoko leaves and stir properly​.
10. Finally, add your smoked fish and stir gently. Food is ready!

Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'. In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or Vegetables: Plum (roma) tomatoes, red bell peppers, habanero peppers, and onions. Plum tomatoes are best for Nigerians stews because they are denser. Today I made Efo Riro which is one of my favorite vegetable soups. "Efo riro" is a Yoruba word which simply means "Vegetable soup" and it's enjoyed by many. This is because it's really versatile and could be eaten with meals such as Rice, Yam and any type of Swallow.

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