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Efo riro is a staple in Yoruba land and is often served at home and during traditional ceremonies. It is typically eaten with iyan, fufu, eba, amala, or other types of okele or "swallow" foods. [6] Over time, the popularity of Efo riro has spread across Nigeria and beyond, with many variations of the dish emerging.
Efo riro: made from vegetables and a mixture of meat, fish, cow skin (ponmo), and other meats [27] Egusi: soup made of thickened melon seeds and leaf vegetables. [28] [29] Ewedu soup: made from cooked and grated Corchorus leaves with or without a small quantity of egusi and/or locust beans. [30] Gbegiri Soup: [31] made from dried beans. [32]
Some of these Soups are what will be considered stews in the English language due to texture but are categorised as Soups due to it being eaten with okele. Soups are eaten with okele. Soups are called Obe. Some Soups Include Egusi, Eforiro,Efo (the varieties), Ewedu, Gbegiri, Marugbo, Apon, Ila, Ila- alasepo, Ilasa.
Ẹ̀bà also known as Ebe or Pinon' (in Togo, Benin, and southern Ghana) is a staple swallow from Nigeria, Togo and Benin, also eaten in the West African sub-region and other African countries.
Efo riro, a stew made from leafy vegetables, pepper, palm oil and other ingredients, it is common amongst the Yorubas. [52] Egusi soup is thickened with grounded melon seeds and contains leafy vegetables, seasonings, and meat. [40] It is often eaten with dishes like amala, pounded yam (iyan), fufu, etc.
In Esan and Owan, the name for this nutritious soup is 'Omoebe (leave) soup'. The soup is a blend of bitter leaf and other vegetable including scent leaf (Ebaumokho in Edo language or Effirin in Yoruba language). The mixture of these vegetables gives the soup a dark colour. it is usually served with semo, pounded yam, eba and fufu. Ogbono [10]
A plate of food; pounded yam and soup. Pounded yam (Yoruba: Iyán, Hausa: sakwara, Igbo: Utara-ji) is a Nigerian swallow or Okele food. [1] [2] It is commonly prepared by pounding boiled yam with mortar and pestle [3] [4] Pounded yam is similar to mashed potatoes but heavier in consistency.
Description: Iyan called pounded yam in english, is similar to mashed potatoes but all mashed and completely smooth with no yam chunks left, and Efo-riro is a traditional Nigerian recipe for a classic stew of meat and greens in a tomato and chilli-based sauce. ...