Efo riro. 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 very good substitute.

Efo riro is derived from the Yoruba language in Nigeria. Efo riro aka Nigerian spinach stew is a leafy, meaty meal from Yorubaland and is a product of the Yoruba people in Western Nigeria. It uses a bunch of local ingredients to make a mouthwatering, savory and tasty stew. You can cook Efo riro using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Efo riro

It's 5 cups of sliced spinach leaves.
It's 1 kg of Assorted meat.
It's 2 of medium size of smoke fish.
It's 200 ml of palm oil.
It's 2 of knorr cubes.
It's 2 spoons of iru (locust beans).
It's Half of cup slice onions.
It's Half of cup blended pepper.
It's Half of cup ground crayfish.
Prepare to taste of Salt.

Efo riro is a rich vegetable side dish that can accompany various starches and can be cooked with or without fish or meat. It is rich enough that the starches it accompanies — various pounded. Cookbook: Efo riro Ẹ̀fọ́ riro is a spinach stew from the cuisine of the Yoruba people prepared with leaf vegetables and stockfish , palm oil , red onion , crayfish , tatashe pepper (a variety of red bell pepper ), locust bean (also known as carob bean) and may also include meat and other ingredients. Efo Riro is a Yoruba word and it loosely means 'stirred spinach'.

Efo riro instructions

Place the wash meat on fire after seasoning and allow to boil, then add 2 cups of water and cook till tender, add smoke fish and cook for another 3 minutes. Remove from heat..
Add another pot on fire, pour oil, allow to heat before adding onions, then pepper and allow to fry. Add the cook meat and fish, stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, add Crayfish, iru stir and allow for another 3 minutes. Add the spinach leaves stir and allow for another 3 minutes, remove from the heat and your soup is ready..
Serve with Eba or fufu.

In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or 'Efo Tete' (African spinach). These are the local spinach varieties that are very popular and easily available. In other parts of the world, any spinach greens will do. Efo Riro means mixed Vegetables, it is from the Western part of Nigeria and the Calabar's has a similar soup called "Edikaikong Soup". Efo Riro is enjoyed by many, you can also use various option of Leaf such as Shokoyokoto Efotete "green amaranth" popularly known as Green e.t.c.