Ofada stew
Ofada stew, from above
Non vegLagos

Ofada stew

Green peppers fried down in bleached palm oil with iru and assorted meat. Smoky, funky, fiery.

100 minTime
37 gProtein each
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Grandma's wayGreen peppers, bleached palm oil, iru and assorted meat.
The original
541kcalsame
37 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
100minutessame

Classic ofada stew (ayamase).

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)4 green bell peppers
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)3 green or yellow scotch bonnets
Onion2 large (1 blended, 1 sliced)
Red palm oil⅔ cup
Iru (fermented locust beans)2 tbsp iru (fermented locust beans)
Beef500 g, cubed and boiled
Goat tripe (boti)200 g shaki (tripe), boiled and cut
Egg6, hard boiled
Ground dried crayfish (ground dried shrimp)2 tbsp
Stock cube (bouillon cube)1 cube
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Blend the green peppers, scotch bonnets and one onion coarsely, then boil in a dry pot until most of the water evaporates.
  2. 2Heat the palm oil in a covered pot with the window open until it turns pale and clear, about 10 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes.
  3. 3Fry the sliced onion and iru in the oil, then add the pepper mash and fry, stirring, for 25 to 30 minutes.
  4. 4Add the boiled beef, tripe, crayfish and stock cube, then the eggs, and fry 10 minutes more. Season.
Serve it like this

Spoon over ofada or brown rice on a leaf lined plate with eggs and meat on top. Serve with fried plantain on the side.

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What goes with Ofada stew: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Dodo15 min
On the side Moi moi90 min
To drink Zobo40 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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