Efo riro

Step 1 of 6

Coarsely blend the red pepper, tomatoes, scotch bonnet and 150 g onion.

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5 min

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Ingredients

  • 1,000 gSpinach, raw
  • 300 gPeppers, sweet, red, raw
  • 200 gTomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
  • 15 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
  • 200 gOnions, raw
  • 70 gOil, palm
  • 250 gFish, haddock, smoked
  • 15 gNatto
  • 4 gSoup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry
  • 15 gCrustaceans, crayfish, mixed species, wild, raw

Method

  1. Coarsely blend the red pepper, tomatoes, scotch bonnet and 150 g onion.
  2. Boil the mixture uncovered for 15 minutes until most of the water evaporates and a thick paste forms.
  3. Wash and roughly chop the spinach, slice the remaining onion, skin and bone the fish and flake it.
  4. Heat the palm oil for 2 minutes to 160 °C, fry the onion for 4 minutes, add the iru for 1 minute, then the pepper paste and fry for 10 minutes until the oil rises to the surface.
  5. Add the fish, ground crayfish and crumbled bouillon and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in the spinach in batches and cook uncovered for 6 minutes until wilted and the juices reduce.
  6. Divide into 4 portions.