Food is quite versatile just as much as people are different. I cannot get over the thinking of some people and how they cannot let others be who they are. The world is big enough for everybody and if for some reason one man’s meat is your poison, you may move ahead and spread yourself somewhere else.
Iwuk Edesi, as another rice dish and as common as it is, it is native to the Efiks. Rice can be made different ways. The recipe for rice that i enjoy may not be the same recipe another person enjoys. It is the beauty of life. We must not all be the same, or have the same religion or do the same things. Just as our faces are different, so are our needs. Tolerance is the only thing we need.
Ingredients
2 cups of medium to long grain rice or bulgur
1 small onion(chopped or sliced)
1 large dry fish(soaked and washed with hot water)
4 tablespoon of crayfish (shrimp paste would work, but use in little increments)
1-2 habanero pepper or ata-rodo(sliced or chopped)
Half of a cup of sliced Ugu ie. pumpkin leaves or basil or scent leaves(sliced). You could even use Kale as a substitute for Ugu
1tablespoon of dry pepper
1 and half -2cooking spoons of palm oil
3 cups of hot water or meat stock
Half-1 bouillon(optional if using meat stock)
salt to taste
Cooking instructions
wash rice until water runs clear; then drain
In a medium pot, heat the palm oil(not to bleach, but to melt).
Add the onions and sauté until almost translucent. Stir in crayfish for a few seconds(do not burn), add the rice and stir; making sure that the oil coats each grain of rice.
Add the meat stock and habanero pepper. Taste for seasonings and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cover with a foil paper and a tight lid.
Let the rice cook for about 10-15 minutes then check for doneness and seasoning. Add the Maggi or salt as needed. Stir in the dry fish, basil and dry pepper.
If the rice is still a little hard, turn off the heat and cover the pot with the foil and lid and let it rest for about 10minutes before serving. Garnish with some more basil and serve
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