How to make Efik’s Afia Efere soup
This very amazing recipe is made by either using goat meat, chicken or fresh fish.
Afia Efere is an oilless earthy broth that is more like the Ibo’s Ofe nsala soup with lesser ingredients, its beauty lies in its simplicity and goes really well when eaten with pounded yam.
Cooking time
40 minutes
Recipe category
Main Dish
Recipe cuisine
Local Dish
Cooking method
Steaming
Recipe Yield
2 servings
Ingredients
4 medium pieces of goat meat
1 yellow scotch bonnet pepper
1 tablespoon of crayfish powder
2 pieces of deseeded Uda
1 teaspoon of grounded ehuru
2 small pieces of burnt uyayak
Seasoning cubes
Salt to taste
3 teaspoons Pounded yam flour
Instructions
- Wash and season the goat meat with the seasoning cubes, salt and pepper and bring to boil.
- Add more water as needed till the goat meat is almost cooked.
- Add the crayfish, uda, ehuru and burnt uyayak and allow to simmer. (You have to roast the uyayak on an open fire to have a somewhat burnt flavour).
- Drop the scoops of pounded yam into the pot without mashing them into the mixture. Be sure there is sufficient water in the pot as the pounded yam will thicken the soup you have in there.
Your Afia Efere is ready! Serve hot with pounded yam or any other carbohydrate.