Eru Recipe
Eru is a popular recipe in Cameroon, it is loved by almost everyone. Eru is mainly made from vegetables, meat and palm oil. It can be enjoyed with water-fufu (fermented cassava dough) or another type of fufu.
Ingredients
- 400 g fresh Eru leaves or 120g dry Eru leaves
- 1 kg Spinach
- 1 kg Meat (Cow skin, Beef meat, etc..)
- smoked fish to your taste optional
- salt to taste
- 1 onion
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 50 g crayfish
- palm oil to taste
- 3 hot pepper
Instructions
- Clean the Cow skin and beef meat, and cut them into bite-size pieces. Put them into a pot. Add onion, black pepper, salt, and water (water should be at the same level as meat). Cook it on medium heat until tender. Check regularly to see if the beef meat is ready, as the Cow skin takes longer to cook. When the beef meat is ready, remove it from the pot. Let the cow skin continue cooking until it reaches the desired tenderness.
- Clean and wash the smoked fish, put it in another pot, and cook it until soft and tender. Meanwhile, wash the eru leaves thoroughly and soak them in hot water for about 15 minutes to make them soft.
- Wash the Eru leaves thoroughly by changing the water you are using at least 2 times, then drain them.
- Combine all the cooked meat and smoked fish in one pot, and add the washed and drained eru leaves and spinach (or water leaves). Stir and cook on low heat for about 15 minutes. If the mixture is too dry, add a small amount of stock from the meat.
- Then add crayfish, the palm oil and hot pepper. Let it cook for a few minutes on low heat.
- Taste and adjust with the salt if needed. Stir and let it simmer for a few minutes and it is ready. Enjoy!