29/08/2023
Edikang Ikong (Edikaikong Soup)
Edikaikong soup is the real vegetable soup of the Ibibios or Efiks people and it's highly nutritious,delicious and savory vegetable soup natively prepared using ugwu and water leaf in Nigeria.
INGREDIENTS:
- Pumpkin leave(same as Ugwu)
- Water leaves
- Ntong (scent leaves)
- Assorted Meat
- Ponmo
- Palm oil
- Onions
- Periwinkles
- Large stockfish
- Smoked Fish
- 6 fresh Yellow pepper (pounded)
- Pounded Crayfish
- 1 tbs black Pepper
- 2 stock cubes
- Salt
PROCEDURES:
1. Before cooking, I like to pick, wash properly and allow to drain then slice all the vegetables. Ugwu, water leaves and scent leaves. Put each in separate bowls.
2. Wash you Meats, add onion,salt, seasoning and cook till almost tender, then add the washed Stockfish head and cook... Make sure the meat stock is almost Dried.
NOTE: I don't need water in the soup, cause the water leaves and palm will generate stock for the soup.
3. Before the stock Dried out completely, add water leaves, pour in the palm oil, add Periwinkles, pounded fresh pepper and stir properly. cook for 3-5 mins. (Ensure you don't over cook the water leaves)
4. Add in Ugwu, scent leaves, smoked fish, black pepper, stock cubes and stir the content of the pot very well..Cover the pot and leave to cook for 5mins
5. Add the pounded Crayfish and taste for salt, give it a stir and that's it.(pls be mindful of the salt and stock cubes, cause vegetable soup can easily become salty). After a min,put off your heat.
Serve with Fufu, Pounded Yam, Semo or even Eba.
📸 Adeglory