How To Prepare Amala With Fresh Fish Soup And Ewedu!

Amala with fresh fish soup and ewedu is one of the most popular dishes in Nigeria. It is very delicious and totally filling. In this article we will be taking you through how to make this amazing dish.

To make this easy, we will start with how to make fresh fish soup, and later proceed to how to make amala itself and finally how to prepare ewedu.

How to make fresh fish soup

Ingredients:
Tomatoes
Scotch Bonnet (Atarodo)
Bell Pepper (Tatase)
Onions
Maggi
Salt
Fresh Fish
Palm Oil

Procedure
• Wash and blend tomatoes, bell pepper, scotch bonnet and onions together

• Pour palm oil in a pot

• Pour blended pepper and allow to boil (when the soup is boiled the palm oil won’t be floating on it)

• Add salt to taste

• Rinse your fresh fish and add to your boiled soup (Remember to put salt in the fish before adding it to your soup)

•Add maggi when the fresh fish soup is almost done (adding maggi when a dish is almost done makes it taste better)

• Cover and leave for few minutes

•Your fresh fish soup is ready

How to make Amala

Ingredient:
Yam flour

Method
•Pour 2 cups of water in a pot and allow to boil

• After it’s boiled add your yam flour and stir firmly with a wooden stick, till it becomes smooth and firm

How to prepare Ewedu

Ingredients:
• A handful of Ewedu leaves (Jute leaves)
• Salt
• Tiny piece of potash
• Iru/ locust beans (optional)
• Egusi (optional)

Method
•Wash the ewedu leaves to get rid of sand and dirt.
•Blend the ewedu leaves

• Pour the blended Ewedu Leaves in a pot and add water

• Add salt, tiny piece of potash iru and egusi if available
• Stir firmly for 2 – 3 minutes (Note: Don’t cover your ewedu throughout the process).

• Serve with your already prepared Amala and fresh fish soup.

Credit: MSSN Kosofe