How to Prepare EbunuEbunu
Ebunu Ebunu which literally means green green. The soup is produced using cocoyamleaves (called kontomire in Akan) or Spinach which gives the green shade of the soup.
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This soup is normally eaten with fufu, rice or yam or taken alone. Learn How To Prepare Ebunuebunu with ease.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
1/2 kg meat or chicken
2 Dried/smoked fish
2 Dried/smoked mackerel
3 pieces of crabs
1 inch root Ginger
3 chili pepper
3 medium fresh tomatoes
2 medium onions
2 clove garlic
2 cups spinach/cocoyam leaves
1 stick Prekese
juice of half lemon
Salt
Maggie or seasoning powder
DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE EBUNUEBUNU
Under high heat in a saucepan, boil spinach or nkontonmire until soft. Drain and set aside
Blend together ginger,garlic, 1 onion and pepper. Set aside
Season your meat or chicken with spices, salt to taste and blended mixture, preferably overnight or 2 hours.
Under medium heat, steam or boil meat. Add fresh tomatoes and remaining onion.
In a separate saucepan, Boil the snails in the shell. Pry them from the shell.
Sprinkle a generous amount of salt over snail and work it through with your hand for about 2 minutes. Wash under cold water and pour the lemon juice over it.
Add snails and crabs if using to steaming meat. Cover with lid and allow it to boil for 5 minutes.
Blend your cooked spinach or your nkontomire. Pour the blended spinach mix into the soup and add at least 2 cups of water into the soup
Remove the cooked onions and tomatoes from the soup and blend it together. Pour the blended mix back into the soup.
Wash the smoked fish and add to the soup. Add prekese
Allow it to boil until soup thickens. Adjust salt and seasoning. Serve it with any food of choice
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How to Prepare EbunuEbunu
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg meat or chicken
- 2 Dried/smoked fish
- 2 Dried/smoked mackerel
- 3 pieces of crabs
- 1 inch root Ginger
- 3 chili pepper
- 3 medium fresh tomatoes
- 2 medium onions
- 2 clove garlic
- 2 cups spinach/cocoyam leaves
- 1 stick Prekese
- juice of half lemon
- Salt
- Maggie or seasoning powder
Instructions
- Under high heat in a saucepan, boil spinach or nkontonmire until soft. Drain and set aside
- Blend together ginger,garlic, 1 onion and pepper. Set aside
- Season your meat or chicken with spices, salt to taste and blended mixture, preferably overnight or 2 hours.
- Under medium heat, steam or boil meat. Add fresh tomatoes and remaining onion.
- In a separate saucepan, Boil the snails in the shell. Pry them from the shell.
- Sprinkle a generous amount of salt over snail and work it through with your hand for about 2 minutes. Wash under cold water and pour the lemon juice over it.
- Add snails and crabs if using to steaming meat. Cover with lid and allow it to boil for 5 minutes.
- Blend your cooked spinach or your nkontomire. Pour the blended spinach mix into the soup and add at least 2 cups of water into the soup
- Remove the cooked onions and tomatoes from the soup and blend it together. Pour the blended mix back into the soup.
- Wash the smoked fish and add to the soup. Add prekese
- Allow it to boil until soup thickens. Adjust salt and seasoning. Serve it with any food of choice