I have loved Efo Riro soup for the longest time and this is an easy way to cook Efo Riro Soup. A friend taught me this using a combination of Spinach and Kale (more crunchy by the way) and the easiest part of this, was having to not blend any pepper at all. Though I learnt with having to make a pepper base first, but I prefer this method and made for a wonderful Ramadan meal for Iftar.

You are free to substitute and use vegetable leaves of your choice. Enjoy your tasty Efo Riro soup with Pounded Yam or Eba or any swallow of choice.

For the record, I am not very good with measurements and like I always emphasise, rely on your taste buds for your preference.

Here is what you will need:

Watch tutorial video here

Instructions

• Chop up your Red bell peppers, bulb of onion, little garlic (optional) and locust beans. Remove the white thing in the pepper so it does not make your soup bitter
• Pour some palm oil into your pot and heat/fry it for a bit
• Be sure to soak your smoked fish and stock fish (Panla fish) in salt and hot water to clean and soften and set aside. After about 15 mins, you can add into your pot to join the peppers and onion frying on low/medium heat while stirring occasionally
• Add in your choice of protein, some crayfish powder and some stock cubes and let it fry.
• Wash your spinach and kale leaves and in a bowl, pour some hot water over it to blanche it and soften it. Spinach is one of those leaves that is very watery so this method is key to still keep in the nutrients and not have it water down your soup.
• Sieve out the water and squeeze out and pour vegetable leaves into pot and stir and leave on low to medium heat to cook for 10 mins
• Let it simmer and cool down and serve to eat with your fave swallow.
• I enjoyed this with some pounded yam (actual pounded yam not powder and there is a hack – check it out)

This recipe is so quick and easy and tasty and also goes well with some white rice and plantain. What do you enjoy your Efo Riro with and what method do you use? Tell me, I’ll love to know.

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Do let me know how this simple Efo Riro no pepper blend recipe goes for you.

Enjoy!

– Tai

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