Cookbook:Efo Amunututu (Nigerian Malabar Spinach Soup)

Efo amunututu is a Nigerian soup made from Malabar spinach (amunututu). Due to the greens, this soup is rich in vitamins A, B, and C.

Ingredients

 * Meat, rinsed and cut into pieces
 * Onions (optional)
 * Garlic (optional)
 * Ginger (optional)
 * Salt
 * Palm oil
 * Fresh chile pepper, blended to a paste
 * Ground crayfish
 * Iru
 * Ponmo
 * Dryfish, rinsed
 * Amunututu (Malabar spinach), rinsed and chopped

Procedure

 * 1) Boil the meat, flavoring with onions, garlic, ginger, and salt as desired. Reserve both the meat and the stock.
 * 2) Heat some palm oil in a pot. Add the pepper paste, boiled meat, meat stock, ground crayfish, iru, and ponmo. Cook for about 15 minutes.
 * 3) Break the dryfish into smaller pieces, and add to the pot. Cook for 2 minutes.
 * 4) Stir in the chopped amunututu, and cook for 2 minutes.
 * 5) Serve with your desired swallow or rice.