How to Cook Eru in the Cameroonian Style
Boil the smoked kidney meat and cow skin with a bit of salt, maggi bouillon, spring onion and pepper., Wash the eru., Add the water leaf or spinach., Stir the water leaf or spinach and make sure it looks cooked., Pour in the palm oil and add the cod...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Boil the smoked kidney meat and cow skin with a bit of salt
You can also boil cod fish if it is too strong.
Boil with a bit of water, about 3 cups, depending on the quantity of meat.
Make sure it's ready and soft. , Put it in a colander to drain, then wash the sliced water leaf or spinach also, and drain., When the kidney meat and cow skin are ready, together with the cod fish, add the water leaf or spinach and leave for a few minutes., Then add the eru while stirring.
Be aware that this process is very delicate because you need to make sure you don't put in more eru than the water leaf or spinach can take., Leave for a while to cook.
Beware: don't cover the pot.
Make sure to remove all the bones in the fish before putting it in the pot., You could add the chilli pepper but this is optional.
In just a few minutes, your eru is ready., It can be served with pounded fufu, water fufu, garri, in short anything fufu made from cassava.
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Step 2: maggi bouillon
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Step 3: spring onion and pepper.
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Step 4: Wash the eru.
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Step 5: Add the water leaf or spinach.
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Step 6: Stir the water leaf or spinach and make sure it looks cooked.
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Step 7: Pour in the palm oil and add the cod fish if you didn't do so at the beginning.
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Step 8: Add the pepper
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Step 9: cray fish (ground to a dusty powder)
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Step 10: shrimps
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Step 11: maggi bouillon and salt.
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Step 12: Serve.
Detailed Guide
You can also boil cod fish if it is too strong.
Boil with a bit of water, about 3 cups, depending on the quantity of meat.
Make sure it's ready and soft. , Put it in a colander to drain, then wash the sliced water leaf or spinach also, and drain., When the kidney meat and cow skin are ready, together with the cod fish, add the water leaf or spinach and leave for a few minutes., Then add the eru while stirring.
Be aware that this process is very delicate because you need to make sure you don't put in more eru than the water leaf or spinach can take., Leave for a while to cook.
Beware: don't cover the pot.
Make sure to remove all the bones in the fish before putting it in the pot., You could add the chilli pepper but this is optional.
In just a few minutes, your eru is ready., It can be served with pounded fufu, water fufu, garri, in short anything fufu made from cassava.
Enjoy!
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