Edikaikong soup (vegetable soup).

Ingredients:

0.5 kilos of roasted/dried fish

1 cup of crayfish

10 to 12 cups of waterleaf

6 cups of ugu leaf

1 cup of palm oil

Average-sized stockfish head Meat you prefer (assorted is the best)

Salt and pepper to taste

3-4 cubes of Maggi or Knorr or your preferred choice

1 cup of periwinkles (to taste)

Snails (optional) 

2 tablespoons of ofor or achi; Half a cup of onions. 

Cooking directions:

Break your snails, wash them using lime or alom and set aside. 

-Rinse the meat under water and put it in a large pot. 

-Add the onion, spices, and cook the mixture for half an hour. 

-Wash the crayfish, periwinkles under cool water and add them to the pan. Wait until the meat is about 3/4 soft compared to full readiness. 

-Rinse the stockfish head in hot water to get rid of dirt and sand, mix it with the rest of the ingredients. If the fish is very dry, add it at the very beginning. 

-Slice ugu and waterleaves into small pieces. It's convenient to buy already sliced leaves. 

-Put the leaves in separate dishes and rinse them with water to get rid of sand. Ugu can be washed before slicing, but you have to wash waterleaves after cutting.

-Add 1 cup of palm oil (250 millilitres) to the pot.

-Add spices according to your taste. The dish should cooked for 5 minutes. Make sure all ingredients boil with a little water. 

-Mix the soup, taste it a little and decide whether you need to add spices before putting waterleaves in. 

-Stir and wait for 3 more minutes before adding the waterleaves. Mix and add snails, periwinkle, Knorr, or Maggi. If desired, add ground ofor or achi (1 big spoon).

-Add your ugu leaves. Cover the pan with a lid, leaving a small opening for steam and let the soup boil for another 5 minutes. 

Serve soup with your preferred African swallow, yam, plantains etc...😊

INGREDIENTS:

•Achi.

•Palm oil.

•Meat.

•Fish.

•Stockfish.

•Perewinkle.

•Vegetables.

•Seasoning cubes and salt.

•Pepper.

•Cow skin.

Step1: Cut your vegetables from the stem then wash it and slice it.

Step2: Wash your meat and cowskin then slice it then add pepper, onions and seasoning cubes then steam it.

Step3: After steaming your meat, you put water in your achi. Then you put your pot on the gas cooker and put your sliced vegetables, seasoning cubes, salt, perewinkle, cowskin, stockfish e.t.c. then leave it to boil for some minutes. Enjoy your achi soup with pounded yam.