Vegetable soup (eforiro). Efo Riro: Nigerian Spinach Stew (Yoruba Vegetable Soup). 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!
Efo Riro 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.
Believe me when I tell you that this happens to be one of the most.
You can have Vegetable soup (eforiro) using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Vegetable soup (eforiro)
- It's of spinach.
- You need of Tomatoes.
- It's of Pepper and onions.
- It's of Any beaf of your choice or assorted.
- It's of Palm oil.
- You need of Crayfish.
- It's of Any seasoning and local spices.
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 Shoko or Efo Tete (Green Amaranth). If these are not readily available where you live, leafy or frozen spinach is a. In the case of efo-riro for example, oil serves two purposes.
Vegetable soup (eforiro) instructions
- Wash and pick vegetables.
- Blend tomatoes pepper and onions.
- Wash season and cook meat I used assorted.
- In a seperate pot add palm oil allow to heat alittle and pour in the blended tomatoes pepper and onions and crayfish allow to fry..
- As is frying add seasoning and fish and allow to cook then add the vegetables in bits stir and steam for few minutes and bring it down ready to be served with any Swallowor rice..
It enhances the color of the prepared vegetable soup and it also adds to the taste. In the case of okro, egusi and ogbono soup, oil especially helps with color enhancement. Efo riro is a yoruba soup prepared with green leafy vegetables. Two leafy vegetables indigenously used are 'Efo Soko' (Spinach) and 'Efo Tete' (Green Amaranth). It can also be prepared using pumpkin leaves or spinach.