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How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 2:08am On Jun 21, 2015 |
Edikang-Ikong Soup There are various dishes in Calabar, one of which is the popular Edikang-Ikong soup. Edikang Ikong is the very most expensive Nigerian dish and arguably Nigeria's most popular cosmopolitan dish. This special delicacy is prepared with vegetable pumpkin leaves (ikong ubong/ugwu), water leaf (mong mong Ikong), fish, meat, periwinkle (mfi ikpok), palm oil, cray fish and other essential ingredients. It can also be eaten with either garri, fufu, amala, tuwo, semovita or pounded yam. Recipe Ikg/21b assorted meat (beef, oxtail, tripe, ponmo, bokoto and bush meat), snails (washed with lemon and limes) 450g/1lb stockfish (pre-soaked) 450g/1lb dry fish (thoroughly washed) 450g/1lb periwinkles 225g/8oz whole dry prawns (cleaned) 225g/8oz ground crayfish 1.35kg/3lb fresh Ikong ubong (pumpkin leaves; washed & shredded) 1kg/21b fresh waterleaf (washed and shredded) 200ml palm oil 600ml/1pt stock and salt to taste Preparation Wash the meat thoroughly and place in a large pot. Add some sliced onions, ground chillies and some meat stock. Place on heat and cook for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, remove the snail from the shells and wash thoroughly with lime or lemon juice to remove slime. Wash the smoked dry fish with salt and soak in slightly salted water for 5 minutes in order to kill any insect and loosen any sand or dirt. Rinse thoroughly with lots of cold water. Top and tail the periwinkles and wash thoroughly. Add the snails, stockfish, dry fish, dry prawns and periwinkles to the pot of meat and cook for another 10 minutes and add more stock fish if required. Finally add the shredded Ikong Ubong (pumpkin leaves) and waterleaf, mix in properly. Allow to simmer for 15 minutes and then add the crayfish and palm oil. Give it a good stir and gentle simmer for another 10 minutes until well blended and the aroma fills the kitchen. Remove from heat and serve hot with fufu or pounded yam. 1 Like
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Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by udysweet(f): 5:12pm On Jun 21, 2015 |
Nice one @op. But let's be sure its d most expensive o. Is it in term of d nkong and mmong mmong ikong? |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by aydelicious: 5:12pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
RicardozRichard:hhmmmmmm,is going to be delicious oooo. |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by mrbillz(m): 4:47am On Jun 23, 2015 |
Hmmm! Yummy... 1 Like |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 10:38pm On Jun 23, 2015 |
udysweet:Actually yeah the nkong is a exoensive and more so the preparation of the Food alone. material wise it very expensive and this is a dish that when cooked it must be refrigerated else it would lose every bit of its delicacy especially its taste....""Hmmmmmmm Soup wey sweet na money kill am"" lolz |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 11:25pm On Jun 23, 2015 |
aydelicious: My dear this is a word of a doubting Thomas.., lolzzz. Look dude. Edikang Ikong is a jewelry food In restaurants abroad, the bill u get for a plate of Edikang ikong can create a hole in ur pocket.. haha haha even though the restaurants won't prepare it at the best compared to when akwaibom/calabar aged/grandma prepare it. Do you kW why? Restaurants that sells this food don't cook it very rich ,because of its Expensive nature attached to it. Do u want to kW a secret!!! I kW it would be yes... let me tell u all some secret of the restaurants who engage in preparation of this delicacy 1. They don't prepare it with the main Ikong leaf when I mean the ""main Ikong leaf ""Am talking about the patiently harvested crop with natural nutrient . but instead farmers this days don't wait for it to grow anymore instead they use a fertilizer or chemical to boost the growth of the crop which is advantageous for business but disadvantageous for consumption. Lolz 2.The preparation of the soup suppose to take atleast more than an hour but this cooks at restaurants won't be patient enough to cook it to the best done.hahaha ""time is money "" ""customers can't wait sellers cant wait"" hahaha that's just the two secret I ll tell now before somebody place a curse on me for letting the cat out of the bag lolzzz.... But honestly the best way to prepare this is when its done by urself at home with conscious expenses .... or the best way to enjoy it ,is get ur ass to the sitting room and handover the kitchen to an experienced grandma from akwaibom or calabar perharp for any state so far she is experienced to prepare Some Quality Edikang ikong ""Quality is expensive"" 1 Like |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 11:27pm On Jun 23, 2015 |
mrbillz:Hahahahahaha I suppose u don't have a problem cos quite alright your name fits the dish (MR BILLz) Hahaha 1 Like |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by mrbillz(m): 4:42am On Jun 24, 2015 |
![]() RicardozRichard:LOL ![]() RicardozRichard:LOL |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by aydelicious: 2:25pm On Jun 26, 2015 |
RicardozRichard:na soon oolong! .... |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by udysweet(f): 4:18am On Jun 28, 2015 |
RicardozRichard:Lol. I know my brother cos me sef na full blooded uyo lady,lol 1 Like |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 11:05am On Jun 28, 2015 |
udysweet:Confirm.... When last did u prepare it? |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by udysweet(f): 2:34pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
RicardozRichard: My brother long ago o,lol. I'm not a fan of it that much. Especially since vegetables around are not that fresh jo |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Enoquin(f): 9:04am On Jun 29, 2015 |
Edikaikong dey expensive for obodo oyibo? Eeya...definitely not in Akwa Ibom or Calabar, it would be like the 3rd or 4th expensive soup. |
Re: How To Prepare The Most Expensive And Popular Food In Nigeria - Photo by Nobody: 6:26pm On Jun 29, 2015 |
Enoquin: Yes you are accurately right. Edikang Ikong cost the least $120 in american average Nigerian restaurant and that's not up to even a handful, which wont be good esp for me to have always downloaded toooooooo much. Trust me even if it is placed on Barack Obama's table no doubt he won't be able to resist it. Ops, take a trip to any restaurant and order for the most expensive soup they have. unless there is no Edikiang iKong, then u have been lied to |
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