How to make the perfect traditional Ebunuebunu
This particular soup is quite popular among the Akan people in Ghana.
The very tasty soup Ebunuebunu is a greenish coloured soup that is made using smoothly blended cocoyam leaves (Nkontomire).
Cooking time
50 minutes
Recipe category
Main Dish / Side Dish
Recipe cuisine
West African Dish
Cooking method
Stewing
Recipe Yield
3 servings
Ingredients
2 Bunches of Nkontonmire
Dry River fish
4 large tomatoes
2 medium-sized onions
Chilli pepper aka Kpakposhito
4 Giant African Snails
Goat meat
1 Tablespoonful of Lemon Juice
Salt
1 Maggi cube
Instructions
- Blend together tomatoes, onions and pepper. Set aside.
2. Spice up the goat meat with ginger and onions; preferably the night before.
3. Boil the snails in the shell. Pry them from the shell. The Giant African Snails are very slimy delicious creatures. But the slime can get icky. Sprinkle a generous amount of salt over them and work it through with your hand for about 2 minutes. Wash under cold water and pour the lemon juice over it. The stickiness is much reduced and the flesh almost feels dry.
4. Wash the river fish, which tends to have grains of sand stuck inside its gills and abdomen.
5. Wash the leaves under running water and peel the leaves from the veiny stem. Boil for less than 10 minutes. Blend very smoothly, and set aside.
6. Place a deep saucepan on the stove and add the goat meat. Steam the meat well as you know how tough our Billy and Nanny goats are.
7. Add the snails. Pour the blended tomato mix into the steaming meats and stir for about 2 minutes and pour a generous amount of water into the pan. Well until the meat is covered and is halfway in the pan. Some choose to sieve the tomatoes but that’s nutritious chaff being thrown away.
8. Add the dry river fish so it cooks with the soup then take it out for later. This helps prevent the fish from dismantling. Boil for about 20 minutes. Add 1 cube of Maggi for spicing.
9. The light soup should be about ready. Pour in the blended Nkontonmire. Top up with more water.
10. Add salt to taste. Allow another 5-10 minutes for final cooking time.
Your Ebunuebunu soup is ready! Serve with fufu, rice or any carbohydrate of your choice.
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