Ewedu soup facts for kids
Ewedu soup is a soup created by the Yoruba ethnic group similar to Okra soup, it is made from jute leaf, hence it is known as jute leaf soup. The soup is drawy in texture and goes with Nigerian beef stew and fish stew. Ewedu soup takes about 12 minutes to prepare and is best served with pounded yam, fufu and Amala. Pluck jute leaf rinse with water and blend, then add crayfish, locust bean also known as iru and salt to give it desired taste. Ensure you do not add too much water, also you can ignore the use ijabe (traditional broom) used to pound and kaun (potash) since you are using a blender.
Preparation of Ewedu soup
You will need the following ingredients to make ewedu soup :
- Fresh jute leaf
- Water
- Locust bean
- Crayfish
- Salt
- Bouillon powder
After plucking a fresh jute leaf, rinse and drain water until there is no more sand in them by packing the leaf leaving remnants of sand and particle inside the water. You can choose to boil the Ewedu leaf until tender to ease blending.
You can result to the use of Ijabe, which is a traditional broom used to pound Ewedu until smooth however a faster and more slimy result can be gotten with the use of blender. Simply pour the jute leaves into blender, add little water to prevent it from been too watery and blend till smooth.
Suitable swallow food
Ewedu soup best goes with fufu, Amala and pounded yam.
Gallery
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Green Jute seed
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Amala with special soup combination
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Amala ati Ewedu and Ogunfe
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