Efere Ibaba Soup

Name: Efere Ibaba Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Goat Meat; Stockfish; Smoked fish; Snail; Palm oil or fresh palm fruits extract (banga); Salt; Dry pepper; Fresh pepper; Uziza; Smoked red prawns; Ibaba seeds (thickner); 1 piece Uyayak; cubes Seasoning; Ground crayfish

Bashfoods @cook_9550683

PortHacourt, Rivers state.

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 1 hour Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
Serves: 1 MEDIUM POT
Native soup of the Efik people, pale and mustardy with distinctive earthy and aromatic flavours from the seeds of the Ibaba plant.

Bashfoods @cook_9550683

PortHacourt, Rivers state.

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Ingredients

Goat Meat
Stockfish
Smoked fish
Snail
Palm oil or fresh palm fruits extract (banga)
Salt
Dry pepper
Fresh pepper
Uziza
Smoked red prawns
Ibaba seeds (thickner)
1 pieceUyayak
cubesSeasoning
Ground crayfish

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Steps

1

Season and boil your meat till tender. When it almost cooks through, add dry pepper, stockfish, smoked fish, smoked prawns and the Uyayak, to infuse flavour into the stock.
2

Add your palm oil, allow to cook properly in the stock. Taste to be sure you are happy with it. Add ibaba powder and stir in(I usually mix some crayfish to it) this helps it not to form lumps.
3

With the soup thickened to your preference, add some extra ground crayfish, lower the heat to allow the flavours to develop. Once you are happy with it, add in some chopped uziza,Remember to take out the Uyayak, before serving, and that's your Efere Ibaba. Very simple to prepare.