Nutrition
Fish jute mallow leaves soup (Fish Ayoyo soup)
Ingredients
– 200 grams of jute mallow leaves
-20 grams of dawadawa
– 100 grams of fresh tomato
– 10 grams of fresh hot pepper
– 50 grams onion
– 45 fish powder
-9 grams of bouillon tablet
– 3 tablespoonful of saltpetre
-Salt to taste
Preparation
• Wash jute mallow with salt added to water (brine)
• Chop/pound jute mallow
• Grind hot pepper (dry or fresh) and tomatoes
• Chop onion into pieces
• Pound dawadawa
• Pound dry fish
Preparation
• Put water on fire to boil
• Add pounded dawadawa and allow to boil
• Add grounded tomatoes and hot pepper
• Add powdered hot pepper and chopped onion and allow to boil
• In a separate pot, steam jute mallow with little water
• Add saltpetre to make it slimy and steam for about 5-10 minutes
• Add steamed jute mallow to the mixture
• Add salt to taste
• Add water (if too thick) and allow mixture to boil
• Serve when cooked
Serve with tuo zaafi, banku, kenkey or eba.