Cookbook:Efo Amunututu (Nigerian Malabar Spinach Soup)
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| Efo Amunututu (Nigerian Malabar Spinach Soup) | |
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Efo amunututu is a Nigerian soup made from Malabar spinach (amunututu). Due to the greens, this soup is rich in vitamins A, B, and C.
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
- Meat, rinsed and cut into pieces
- Onions (optional)
- Garlic (optional)
- Ginger (optional)
- Salt
- Palm oil
- Fresh chile pepper, blended to a paste
- Ground crayfish
- Iru
- Ponmo
- Dryfish, rinsed
- Amunututu (Malabar spinach), rinsed and chopped
Procedure[edit | edit source]
- Boil the meat, flavoring with onions, garlic, ginger, and salt as desired. Reserve both the meat and the stock.
- Heat some palm oil in a pot. Add the pepper paste, boiled meat, meat stock, ground crayfish, iru, and ponmo. Cook for about 15 minutes.
- Break the dryfish into smaller pieces, and add to the pot. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the chopped amunututu, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Serve with your desired swallow or rice.