GHANA RECIPES (AYOYO SOUP)

Ghanaians love using leafy vegetables for stews and soups. Ayoyo leaves are among them. Ayoyo soup is a recipe from Northern Ghana, made from specific leaves called Ayoyo. It is a very popular leafy vegetable in that part of the country. It’s very slippery in nature. Get the recipe and make a delicious Ayoyo soup for your family!

Ingredients:

•Ayoyo leaves

•Saltpetre

•Meat

•Pepper

•Fresh tomatoes

•Tin tomatoes

•Onions

•Salt to taste

•Onga cube (3mix)

•Palm oil

•Salmon

•Water

Method:

1. Wash ayoyo leaves thoroughly and cut them into tiny pieces. Meanwhile put water on fire to boil.

2. Add saltpetre when water is boiling. Add cut ayoyo leaves in boiling water and stir periodically while it boils. Then beat or whisk it until it becomes slimy with bubbles. Remove from fire and set aside.

3. Steam the meat with chopped onions and seasoning. 

4. Then prepare your stew. When ready, you can pour the boiled ayoyo into the stew and mix it up as it’s done when preparing okro stew or leave it separately if you want.

For Tuo:

5. Put water on fire and bring to boil. Fetch some corn flour into a bowl, add water, and mix until it is a bit watery and smooth.

6. Add the mixture to boiling water and stir quickly with a wooden spatula to avoid lumps. The mixture should be in the form of porridge. Leave to boil for ten minutes. 

7. Fetch some of the porridge into a bowl, add the corn flour to the remaining porridge in the pot and stir quickly into a thick dough without lumps.

8. Add the remaining porridge to the dough and stir gently until it’s done. 

Serve them separately, the ayoyo first and then top it up with the stew.