Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, afia efere. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Afia efere is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Afia efere is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
It is called Afia Efere in the Efik culture. You probably also know it as Ofe Nsala, the Igbo name for it. The Efik version is a little more aromatic because of the addition of Uyayak, the aidan fruit. On our menu today is the Efik-Ibibio delicacy, afia efere which literally means 'white soup" in Efik.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook afia efere using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Afia efere:
- Make ready 2 slices yam
- Prepare Goat meat
- Get Dryfish
- Get Stockfish
- Take cubes Seasoning
- Get Crayfish
- Take Yellow pepper
- Get to taste Salt
- Get Peppersoup spice
This soup is known popularly as white soup although it doesn't look white in colour, and uses fewer ingredients than its. Afia Efere is a simple Efik soup which is very delicious. Afia Efere is called white soup because it is traditionally cooked without palm-oil using goat-meat or chicken in which case, they are called "afia. This light Efik soup is traditionally cooked without oil using goatmeat or chicken in which case, they are called "afia efere ebot" or "afia efere unen" respectively.
Steps to make Afia efere:
- Wash and boil meat with seasoning cubes and small diced onions.
- Allow the meat to be soft, add stockfish and cook for 5mins more.
- Peel and boil the slices of yam in a clean water without salt until very soft.
- Pound into a smooth paste, add two spoons of peppersoup spice into the pot of meat. Add a cup of water and the pound yam paste.
- Allow to boil, add yellow pepper, crayfish and allow to boil. You can add small water if to thick.
- Allow to boil for 5mins you can add utazi but I garnish mine with Utazi leaf cos I like them fresh.
- Serve with pounded yam
Afia Efere is called white soup because it is traditionally cooked without palm-oil using goat-meat or chicken in which case, they are called "afia. This light Efik soup is traditionally cooked without oil using goatmeat or chicken in which case, they are called "afia efere ebot" or "afia efere unen" respectively. There are different versions of white soup such as Afia Efere (the Efik version) and Ofe Nsala (the igbo version). The thing is, they're both the same but slightly different in taste due to the spices used in the. My love affair with white soup started when I met my friend Flo in college, she made me a bowl of Efere with amazing chicken and I was sold forever.
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