Afia Efere (White Soup)

"Afia Efere (White Soup)"

Afia Efere is a simple Efik soup which is very delicious. Afia Efere is called white soup because it is traditionally cooked without palm-oil using goat-meat or chicken in which case, they are called "afia efere ebot" or "afia efere unen" respectively. This Efik cuisine also has a very simple recipe. You can also use fresh fish.

INGREDIENTS:

- I kg / 2 lb fresh goat-meat

- 1 medium dry fish

- 200g pounded yam (for thickening)

- 2 teaspoons of dry pepper

- Stockfish head

- Uyayak pod (local spice)

- Ground crayfish

- 4 Seasoning

- Salt

HOW TO PREPARE

Wash and boil stockfish until tender. Cut and wash meat, add salt, one tea spoon of dry pepper and 2 cubed seasoning. Boil until tender. Add the boiled stockfish to the boiled meat. Next, add washed fish, dry pepper, uyayak pod and ground crayfish.

When all the ingredients are boiled cut the pounded yam into small balls and drop into the soup to slightly thicken it and then add 2 more cubed seasoning. Taste for salt. Serve hot with pounded yam.

Note: Incase you want to use fresh fish, add the fish 2 minutes to the end of the cooking.