The African culture|| The local foods (Isi ewu and palm wine)
Hello dear travellers friends. I hope you are all well today.
Here I come again with my African culture/lifestyle. And today I'm going to be sharing with you some of the local meals that we have here. I'm as well going to share the recipe of one very special one that many people love to eat. It is always served in celebrations like traditional marriages and other occasions.
African delicacy
There are many delicious meals tht are unique to Africa and they are also very delicious. Listing all of them can make us spend many years in this post, haha.
In this post I will focus on Nigerian meals. I will share the recipe of one very special one called the Isi ewu. The picture below is my Selfie with the meal that is already made. I have also dressed in my cultural attire for the presentation to be more appealing.
Isi ewu
Isi ewu is a very delicious Nigerian dish that originates from the eastern part of Nigeria. It is a goat head recipe and it is usually served with natural palm wine. I will show you below how to prepare the Isi ewu.
Ingredients needed
| Ingredients | Quantity |
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| Goat head | 5 heads |
| Ehuru (Calabash nutmeg) | 4 teaspoons |
| Sliced utazi leave | Two handfuls |
| Edible potash (Akanwu) | 3 teaspoons |
| Onions | 2 medium balls |
| Seasoning cubes | 3 Pcs |
| Fresh pepper | 4 teaspoons blended |
| Palm oil | 2 tablespoons |
| Crayfish | 1 tablespoon |
| Salt | to taste |
Preparation
- First step, the meat is placed in a pot, with it's brain included. Onions, pepper, salt and water is added to it and the meat allowed to boil till it's tender.
Note that the brain is seperated an tied in a nylon so that it will not dissolve.
The boiling meat with the brain tied seperately
- While the meat is boiling, we slice the onions and pepper into round shape, cut the Utazi leaves and dissolve the edible potash with a little water to sieve. Also we pound the Calabash nutmeg in a mortar.
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When the meat is done, we seperate the stock from the meat and also we take out the brain.
In a big dry bowl, we put in the nutmeg(Ehuru) and then add the goat brain to it. There we start to mash the brain and to mix it with the nutmeg.
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Next we pour in the meat stock and then the palm oil and continue stirring.
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After that we out in the edible potash and then the crayfish.
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After that we start to put the meat into the mixture. We stir them together carefully after putting the meat
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Watch the video below to see how it is being stirred.
After stirring it in the bowl, we put it back in the pot and heat it up a bit after which we out it down.
Next step we take is to decorate it with the pepper and onions that has been cut in ring shapes.
And after that the dish is ready to be eaten 😋
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The dish is always served with palm wine which makes it even more special.
We do not use spoons or cutleries to eat this meal, it is better enjoyed with hands, wash your hands and grab your share 😀
The steps are pretty easy to follow and it doesn't take much time. With the assistance from my aunt @ngoenyi, we were able to make this nice delicacy which we also shared with the friends.
There are many other traditional meals in Nigeria that is also very delicious like this one.
Other African meals
 | Fisherman soup |
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 | African salad |
 | Nsala soup |
 | Yam and oil sauce |
 | Yellow rice |
| 🥗🍜🍣🍝 | And many others 😉 |
Previous post about Africa
 | The Africa lifestyle (part one): The language 🌎 |
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I invite @ibtisamwaqas, @geoscary21, @chimeroselam to participate in the local food challenge
It's been a pleasure for me to share a little bit of the African culture with you. I hope you liked this post if mine as I feel you will. Thank you for being here to read to the end.
Ay Diosss santo me dió cosita ver esas cabezas de chivo en la sartén 😭 Pero entiendo que cada cultura tiene sus gustos y mientras no violemos los principios bíblicos pues muchas carnes se pueden comer.
Me gustó tu atuendo 😍 me imagino vestida con eso en mi cabeza seguro me veré tan linda como tú, gracias por darnos a conocer parte de tu cultura mi bella madilyn02
I'm sorry if hurt your feelings with this post 😉, here we eat goats a lot and it is even more special in this recipe.
Thanks for your visit anyway. Wishing you all the best. Good night
Que manjares tan exquisitos los que nos traes hoy.
🖐😊💖
Hi thank you friend for your visit, it's true that the dish is very delicious. It's one of the many local meals we have in Nigeria
You are confirmed Igbo woman, I love isi ewu maybe is because of the potash stew called "nngu" the way you arranged your post is quite impressive and I also learned somethings from your post arrangement.
Hahaha, everyone loves Isi ewu, it is one of the best Local meals we have in Nigeria. Thank you for your visit, I do my best to arrange my posts well so that it is very easy to understand 😊
You have made me feel like eating isiewu. It is really an interesting and enjoyable local dish in our country. I love your post presentation too. I wish you success in the contest.
Thank you ma'am, yes, the dish is very delicious and we easterners love to eat it a lot especially during celebrations.
Reading this post I found it hard not to salivate at the sight and the meal.
I have taken note the ingredients you listed and the usage soon I will try my own.
Wish me lucj
I'm very happy that you learnt how to prepare it. Thank you for visiting, I'm sure you will achieve it it perfectly and as well enjoy it
We appreciate the valuable information you have shared in this post. Keep sharing high quality posts on Steem-travelers.
Great recipe. My Bangladeshi, this food is not available in our country. Seeing this beautiful recipe of yours makes me want to eat this food.
Yes, every culture is different. Maybe one day you will get to visit or find someone there who can prepare this meal, then you will see how delicious it is.
The is an interesting dish "isi ewu". I don't eat any kind of brain meat. But it looks appealing. I think that I have to try that "isi ewu.
Hello friend, yes the dish is very delicious. If you try it you will see that it is very delicious as I say. Thank you for your visit to my post 😊
Hola amiguita @mafilyn02 me quedo con la boca abierta de ver tan ricos platillos son extraños para mí pero se ven delicioso 😋 tu atuendo con esas cosas en la cabeza se te ven geniales si que tienes talento te felicito mi saludo desde Venezuela 🇻🇪
Hello dear little friend, yes the dish is really delicious.
That is our cultural outfit and beads are also part of it. I will bring one to you when I visit 🙃🤗
Yupi gracias querida amiguita 👍🤗 te quiero mucho