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Good afternoon friends😊, it is @ifysam. Hope you are doing well over there?
Today am just going to show you what I cooked today,
it is one of my native food.It is called EKPANG KWUKWO,particularly for the Efik/Ibibio culture.
I browsed the recipe for the food put the photos were shot by me.
Ingredients for Ekpang Nkukwo
500g cocoyam
250g Water Yam (Optional)
Vegetables:
A big bunch of tender cocoyam leaves
Pumpkin leaves and
Scent leaves (nchanwu, efirin)
Palm oil: a generous quantity
A handful crayfish
3 medium onions
2 milk cups (300g shelled or 500g unshelled) Periwinkles
Assorted Beef & Offal
Dried fish
Snail (Optional)
Pepper
& Salt
to taste
2 stock cubes
Before you cook the Nigerian Ekpang Nkwukwo
Rinse and cook the beef, offals and dry fish with the seasoning till done.
Peel, wash and grate the cocoyam and water yam
(if you will be using this). Mix the two together and set aside
Prepare the pot by rubbing a generous amount of red palm oil on the insides of the pot.
Rinse the tender cocoyam leaves and tear into medium pieces.
If using pumpkin leaves, wash these and set aside.
Blend the pepper and crayfish and set aside.
Wash the shelled or unshelled periwinkles.
Rinse and slice the scent leaves into tiny pieces.
Cooking directions for Nigerian Ekpang Nkwukwo
If you will be using unshelled periwinkles, place these at the base of the well-oiled pot.
Scoop a small quantity of the grated cocoyam into a piece of the torn cocoyam leaf or one pumpkin leaf. Wrap the cocoyam with the leaf and place in the pot. Repeat this procedure till all the grated cocoyam (and water yam) is exhausted.
Add the pepper, crayfish, onions, shelled periwinkles
Add hot water to the level of the pot contents and set to cook on medium heat for 20 minutes.
Now, add the scent leaves, a generous amount of palm oil and salt to taste. Cook for more 5 minutes and the Ekpang Nkwukwo is done.
Leave to stand for 5 minutes and stir.!
Enjoy your beautiful,delicious Efik/Ibibio delicacy!