The Nigerian Edikang Ikong soup also known as Vegetable Soup is a soup to the ibibios, people from both Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. The Edikang Ikong soup is well known throughout the country because of its nutritional value. How will it not be after all the vegetables used to prepare it.
A lot of Nigerians are interested in learning the Nigerian Edikang Ikong soup but are really confused about how to go about it. As the perfect akwaibom lady I am, I will release a Edikang Ikong soup recipe.The soup enables you to recover lost nutrients after an Illness. You can enjoy it anytime anyways.
Ingredients for Edikang Ikong Soup Recipe
- 1kg Pumpkin leaves
- 500g Water leaves (Botanical name-Talinum Triangulare)
- 600g Beef, Kanda, shaki and Dry fish
- Pepper, Salt and ground crayfish: to taste
- 200ml Palm oil
- 1 cup Periwinkle
- 2 medium onions
- 2-3 stock cubes
Find images of edikang ikong soup ingredients below
Alternative vegetables for those who cannot buy water leaves and pumpkin leaves:
Use the following to replace the classic Nigerian vegetables for this soup:
- 1kg normal frozen spinach
- 200g ground frozen spinach
- 250g lamb’s lettuce (canonigos in Spanish)
Defrost the frozen spinach, cut the normal frozen one into tiny
pieces and mix with the ground frozen spinach. Wring out the water from these
and add them when the written recipe requires you to add the pumpkin leaves.
Wash, pick and cut the Lamb’s Lettuce into tiny pieces. Add them when the
written recipe requires you to add water leaves.
Watch the video below for how I used these alternative
vegetables to prepare Edikang Ikong soup.
Before you cook the Edikaikong Soup
- Wash and cut the pumpkin and water leaves into tiny pieces. Put them in separate sieves to drain out all the water as much as possible.
- Cut the Kanda into small pieces. Cook the beef, kanda and the dry fish with the 2 bulbs of diced onions and the stock cubes with as little quantity of water as possible.
Cooking Directions For Edikang Ikong soup recipe
- When the meat is done, add a generous amount of palm oil, the crayfish and pepper and leave to boil for about 10 minutes. The palm oil serves as the liquid in the Edikang Ikong soup. You should try as much as possible to make it the only liquid in the soup.
- Add the periwinkle and water leaves and leave to cook for another 5 minutes. You may have to cook for less time at this stage so that the water leaves are not over-cooked.
- Now add the pumpkin leaves and salt to taste. Stir the contents of the pot very well and turn off the heat. Cover the pot and leave to stand for about 5 minutes.
- Thats it!
Serve with Garri (Eba), Semolina Fufu, Amala, Cassava Fufu or Pounded Yam.
Final image below for Edikang Ikong soup recipe
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