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    How To Prepare Nutritious Vegetable Soup (Edikaikong)

    Nigerian vegetable soup, or edikaikong soup, is a traditional Nigerian soup made with assorted meats, seafood and vegetables and served with one of Nigeria’s standard side dishes for soups and stews: ugi. Ugu is the name for the fluted pumpkin leaf, which is grown in Nigeria and other tropical African countries.
    How To prepare Vegetable soup (Edikaikong)

    Step 1

    Wash the assorted meats well under running water, and place the meats in a large soup or stew pot. Meats used in Nigerian vegetable soup include oxtail, beef, trip, goat and chicken.

    Step 2

    Add the medium onion and stock to the pot. Add the ground chillies or hot pepper to taste, if you desire, and cook the mixture over a medium heat for 30 minutes.

    Step 3

    Rinse the prepackaged snails and periwinkles well in cool, running water.

    Step 4

    Rinse the smoked dried fish well under running water, and place them in salt water for about 5 minutes to loosen dirt and kill insects. Rinse with cold water.

    Step 5

    Clean the other seafood ingredients by washing them under running water.

    Step 6

    Add the seafood ingredients to the pot, and cook on the stove over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add more stock to the pot if necessary.

    Step 7

    Rinse the ugu and waterleaf well, and use a knife to cut the leaves into thin strips.

    Step 8

    Add the ugu leaves and the waterleaf to the pot, stir to mix thoroughly, and allow the ingredients to simmer for 15 minutes.

    Step 9

    Add the crayfish, stir to mix the ingredients, and simmer for 10 minutes. If desired, add salt to taste and a few tablespoons of palm oil to the pot.

    Step 10

    Remove the pot from the heat, and serve.

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