FOOD : HOW TO COOK Edikaikong Soup

 

 

(Edikaikong Soup)

Edikaikong soup is the real vegetable soup of the Ibibios or Efiks people of South South region in Nigeria. The soup 

1. Before cooking, I like to pick, wash properly and allow to drain then slice all the vegetables. Ugwu, water leaves and scent leaves. Put each in separate bowls.
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3. Wash you Meats, seasons accordingly and cook till almost tender, then add the washed Stockfish head and cook... Make sure the meat stock is almost Dried...we don't need water in the soup, cause the water leaves and palm will generate stock for the soup.
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5. Before the stock Dried out completely, add water leaves, pour in the palm oil, add Periwinkles, pounded fresh pepper and stir properly. cook for 3-5 mins. (Ensure you don't over cook the water leaves)
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7. Add in Ugwu, scent leaves, pounded shrimps, smoked fish, black pepper, stock cubes and stir the content of the pot very well..Cover the pot and leave to cook for
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9. Lastly, according to my Grandma's recipe, you add the pounded Crayfish and taste for salt, give it a stir and that's it.(pls be mindful of the salt and stock cubes, cause vegetable soup can easily become salty)

10. Remove from fire and enjoy with Fufu, Pounded Yam, Semo, Samvita or even Eba.

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12. Ingredients

     6-8 servings

    1. 500 g water leaves
    2. I kg (5 bunch of Pumpkin leave) ssameame as Ugwu
    3. 2 handful Ntong (scent leaves or Effirin
    4. I kg Assorted Meat
    5. Ponmo
    6. 200 ml (2 cups) Palm oil
    7. I medium onions
    8. I Cup of periwinkles
    9. Head I Large stockfish
    10. 2 Medium Sized Smoked Fish
    11. 6 fresh Yellow pepper (pounded)
    12. I Cup pounded Crayfish
    13. 1/2 Cup Dried Shrimps (slightly pounded)
    14. 1 tbs black Pepper
    15. 2 stock cubes