How To Make Afia Efere (White Soup)

Here's how to make the Afia Efere White Soup

Afia Efere White Soup Recipe

Recipe

This recipe is a delicious Efik white soup made using standard ingredients like yam, chicken, uyayak, Ehuru, and so on.

Ingredients:

8 medium pieces of chicken

2-4 smoked fish

2-3 slices of yam

1 medium onion

2 tablespoons of ground crayfish

1 teaspoon of African nutmeg (Ehuru)

1 small piece of uyayak (whole or ground)

1 tablespoon of dry pepper

Seasoning cube to taste

Salt to taste

2 liters of water

Directions: 

1

In a large pot, place your pieces of chicken, season with salt, 2 seasoning cubes and diced onions then add water to reach the level of the chicken and in medium heat, bring to a boil till it’s tender.

2

In another pot, boil your pieces of yam and when soft, pound to give Pounded yam that serves as the thickener and set aside. You can either use a food processor or mortar and pestle for this step.

3

In the pot containing your chicken, add your ground crayfish, dry pepper, African/calabar nutmeg and uyayak.

4

Allow to simmer for about 3-5minutes and then taste for seasoning (adjust if necessary). Cut your Pounded yam into small balls and add to the soup to thicken the consistency.

N.B: if it’s too thick, you can add more water.

5

Bring to a boil and stir. Allow the yam dough/ pounded yam to dissolve completely into the soup then add your fish.

6

Reduce the heat and simmer for about 5-10 minutes.

7

Take off heat and serve with pounded yam,or fufu,or garri.

SUMMARY

Ingredients

1 kg Chicken/Goatmeat/ Fish

400g Dried fish

1 1/2 cups Crayfish(ground)

6 Chilli Pepper

2 Seasoning cubes

1 Onion bulb

Salt to taste

3 cups Mashed yam

Medium size Uyayak

 

 

Directions

Goatmeat is preferred by many for this dish and if using fish, it does not take time to cook so be observant so the fish does not scatter

Wash all the ingredients properly and keep them separately in clean bowls or tray

Season your meat and boil to get out your stock

When the meat is soft,add about 4 cups water

When the water starts to boil, scoop in the mashed yam to thicken it

Add the dried fish, crayfish, uyayak and seasoning cube

Cook for about 15mins for it to thicken

Add salt to taste

EXPLAINING SOME TERMS.

What Is Afia Efere Ebot Or Unen?

The name “Ebot” is goat meat and “Unen” is chicken . So, depending on the choice of protein used in preparing the native white soup, it can either be called Afia Efere Ebot or Afia Efere Unen.

What Is Uyayak Called In English?

Uyayak is called “Aidan pods” in English.

Ebot is goat while unen is chicken please.

Make necessary corrections asap.

Add salt to taste