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Hello hivers and lovers of food. Welcome to my blog.Here today, I will be giving my recipe on how I prepare Waterleaf and vegetable soup which is locally known as Edikiakong soup. This is one of the most popular Naija dishes and is best known by the Akwa-ibomites here in Nigeria. It happens to be one of my favourite dishes and I'm not even an Akwa-ibomite but trust me it tastes so so good. So let's ride!!
First,

INGREDIENTS

Meat, stock fish, kpomo, crayfish.
Fresh waterleave and vegetable (ugwu).
Onions.
Prewinkle locally called Isam* this is what it looks together with shell.👇👇
Pepper.

Now,
THE RECIPE

Firstly, I began by selecting the Waterleaf, separating the stem from the main leave and I also did the same with my ugwu leave. Preparing this soup could be stressful because of the work load of selecting several bunches but the end result is delicious.
After I was done, I washed the waterleave thoroughly, about 3 to four times, the same with the ugwu leave. Then I sliced it.
After, chopping the waterleave with my knife and cutboard, I poured it into a clean dry pot and allow it to heat.
N/B: The reason I did that👆 was so that the water in the waterleave would dry/come out so I could filter it. Many person's don't know this method. Some prefer to squeeze the water out with their hand by adding salt first, but which ever way is fine.
I washed my meat,kpomo,and fish. Remember, with salt to kill unseen germs and then put it into another pot, chopped some onions and put it in, added Maggie cubes, a little dry blended pepper and water to steam.
Then I cut and washed my prewinkle thoroughly. Mhen!!! It's so dirty and slimy with it's shell. So I washes and shaked it thoroughly with salt so as to get rid for those dirt and slime in the shell.
Then back to my waterleave, when it was dried, I pour it into a filter to remove the excess water that's still remaining and then poured palmoil inside the pot and poured the waterleave right back into the oil and then stir.👇👇
After stirring for a while I poured my meat/ meat stock, kpomo, stockfish, blended crayfish and then I added a desired quantity of water and then stirred.
After boiling for like 10minutes, I added some Maggie cubes for taste, some salt and also some blended black pepper, stirred and then allow to cook for another 10- 15mins.
Finally , I poured my sliced/chopped vegetable locally called (ugwu leave) inside and then stir. My parents like their vegetable fresh so I put off the fire immediately after stirring..