Sweet Potatoes and Eforiro. Hi guys, So in today's video, I show you how to make Efo Riro and pounded sweet potato. This meal is commonly eaten in the south-western part of Nigeria. Efo Riro - The African Stewed Spinach also popularly known as Efo riro is a one-pot stew with layers of flavor.
It's quite an easy dish to prepare, as long as you follow the major instructions and requirements. A major rule is; using tomatoes for Efo. Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that you should prepare when you cannot buy the ingredients for Edikang Ikong. You can have Sweet Potatoes and Eforiro using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Sweet Potatoes and Eforiro
- You need 4 of medium Sweet Potatoes.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of Olive oil.
- You need to taste of Salt.
- Prepare of Efo.
- It's of Pepper(Atarugu).
- Prepare of Onion.
- Prepare of Boiled beef.
- You need 1 of medium dried fish.
- It's of Spices.
- It's 1 of cooking Palm Oil.
- You need 2 tablespoons of Crayfish.
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. The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Are sweet potatoes good for you?
Sweet Potatoes and Eforiro step by step
- Peel and cut Potatoes. Put in a pot, add Water just to the level of the Potatoes..
- Add Olive oil and salt to the Potatoes and cook for 15mins. Set aside..
- Pound/blend pepper. Chop onions and cut vegetables(Efo). Set aside.
- Wash dried fish. Dice boiled beef..
- In a clean pot, put in palm oil and put on fire..
- As oil heats up, put in onions and pepper and fry a bit..
- Add in beef and dried fish to pepper on fire. Allow to cook for 3mins..
- Add in Spices and crayfish, stir well. Allow all to cook for 2mins then pour in Efo and stir for 3mins and put off heat..
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