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eforiro

Eforiro soup

Eforiro is super quick and super delicious and soon you will have a flavour packed pot of bright greens and vibrant reds ready to be devoured. Do you know the best part? We have different kinds of obstacles in it like shaki, meat, shrimp, dry fish... the list goes on. It is also so versatile and It can be eaten with swallow and/or rice #welovetoseeit.
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:30 minutes
Total Time:45 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: African
Keyword: Vegetable
Servings: 4
Author: nigerianfoodiehub

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs spinach
  • 4 Red bell peppers
  • 1 Red onion
  • 1/2 cup palm oil
  • 1 tbsp locust beans
  • 1 lb roasted meat goat meat
  • shrimp
  • Dry catfish washed and deboned

Spices

  • Salt
  • Cameroon pepper
  • Stock cubes
  • Crayfish powder

Instructions

Blanch Spinach

  • Chop your vegetables
  • Place them in a bowl and pour hot water on them
  • Drain the water and immediately soak it in cold water for 10 seconds
  • Proceed to squeezing the water out

Prepare base

  • Blend red bell peppers, onions and scotch bonnet roughly and boil in pot till it dries

Prepare soup

  • Heat palm oil in a pot and add one stock cube, cray fish and locust beans. At this point you can fry your shrimp for 2 mins and take it out
  • Add base to oil and let it fry for 3-4 minutes. Then add roasted meat, a little stock, salt, pepper and allow it simmer
  • Finally add blanched spinach and fried shrimp and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. Taste and season to taste
  • Serve with your favourite swallow and enjoy!