Egbo and Ewa
Ingredients
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Handy Measure
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Brown Cowpea
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2 cups
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Hulled dried corn
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3 cups
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Ground pepper (fresh)
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3 cooking spoon
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Ground onion
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2 medium size
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Palm oil
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3 cooking spoon
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Salt and seasoning
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To taste
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Water
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Enough o cook till tender
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- Cook the cowpea (ewa) as earlier explained but without adding pepper and palm oil
- Pick impurities out from the dried corn
- Place in a large pot and add water to at least thrice the volume of the corn
- Add salt
- Cook until corn is very soft and becomes paste-like
- To make sauce, fry pepper and onions in palm oil for 5minutes, add salt and other seasonings to taste
Add boiled corn (now called egbo) to the cowpea in desired proportion and add the sauce to taste