My Traditional Delight: Edikang Ikong soup.
Greetings from nigeria!
Welcome to my blog, it been a wonderful week of learning and practicing in this platform which includes preparation of different dishes, walk with me as i share my today's recipe.
On my today's menu i have Edikang ikong popularly known as fluted gourd this soup is our culinary heritage , its in the list of our most treasured dish in the Efik and ibibio culture ( Southern Nigeria) it is consume mostly because of its health benefits .
Ingredients
• vegetable's
• water leafs
• beef
• cow skin
• stockfish
• crayfish
• oil
• seasoning cubes
• dry fish
• pepper
• perewinkles (optional)
• snail
fluted gourd
Fluted gourd contains protein needed for hormones balancing.
so lets get started.
I wash all my ingredients put them in my pot add
seasoning cubes salt and pepper add a very little amount
of water and allow it cook.
While my ingredients is on heat i thoroughly wash my leaf
sliced and set it aside, plucked and wash my water leaf
slice and set it aside for letter.
I grind my crayfish set it aside as i will be needing it letter
I allow my ingredients cook for about 10 minutes more as i want my stockfish softened
I checked to see that my ingredients are properly cooked.
I then added my already sliced water leaf to my boiling ingredients cover and allow it to simmer for 5 minutes i added Red oil i also added my roughly blended crayfish note this is how i like to blend my crayfish you can blend it smoother depends on how you want it,i tasted to see if my seasoning was okey then i cover and allow it simmer for about 5 mins.
Now we are left with just one ingredients which is the main ingredient.
I added my vegetable stir it thoroughly with a spatula for proper mix allow it simmer for just 2 minutes and boom our edikan ikong soup is ready.
You can eat it with any solid, i ate mine with fufu.
Hope you have learned a new recipe today see you in my next recipe