It’s late February and the heat is off the grid. I don’t know if that’s one of the reasons why my love for white soup intensified all of a sudden. This has got me playing with different ingredients and flavors to get a different take every time. Here’s why i love white soup; it’s really easy to make. Just picture yourself making pepper soup with a few more additional ingredients added to it…Sounds easy doesn’t it. There are different versions of white soup such as Afia Efere (the Efik version) and
. The thing is, they’re both the same but slightly different in taste due to the spices used in the preparation. This is one of the reasons why i love Nigerian dishes. Once you know what to add and subtract, switching up the recipe and coming up with something new becomes a home run. You could use chicken, beef or fish for this but for optimum flavor, i’d recommend using goat meat.
How to make Efik style white soup (Afia efere recipe)
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: Less than 1 hour
• Category: Nigerian soups
Ingredients:::
Afia Efere - Efik White Soup
Ingredients
- • 1 Kilo Unam (Beef)
- • 500g Assorted meat: Tripe, Cow Hide, Intestine
- • 1 small sized Uyayak pod "tetrapleura tetraptera"
- • 3 tbsps. Nsat Ntoko (dry pepper)
- • ½ cup obu (crayfish )
- • 1 large dry fish (soak to soften then rinse)
- • 4 slices yam (for thickening)
- • 2 seasoning cubes
- • 6 medium-sized Uda "Negro pepper"- Optional
- • 5 small-sized Iwun "Calabash nutmeg"- Optional
- • Inun (Salt) to taste
Instructions
Preparation:::
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I can see some leaves in the picture, but it isn't stated in the ingredients. Please, can I know what leaf that is?
Usually leaves aren't added in Afia efere. The leaves added (Uziza) is just to add color to the dish
i love this. simple and straight
Was about to ask about the leaves too. So there's no leaves in the Afia Efere right?
I'll definitely try this out. Thanks Dobby.
Thank you tina.
Yes it doesn't require leaves.You're welcome Ada.
Dobby welldone!
Basically leaves are sparingly added just for spicing.
The leaves can be odusa or iko ,just few leaves to enhance the aroma
and to add to that is the odusa seeds wow! u will leak your fingers
pls note: mfi is periwinkle while nkongo is crab
call me Calabar woman
Awww!! Thanks for the insight calabar woman…Really helpful.
Wonderful post. Glad to found this blog. Thanks for sharing.
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You're welcome Julia
Tried it and it made "sense"..lol. my family loved it. Simple but delicious.
Glad you enjoyed it Novbe.
this is so straight and easy…will definitely try this one
Do keep us posted k.
How do I get this ingredients in UK