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Eru

Eru, a dish from the North-West of Cameroon, is a blend of vegetables: okok (eru leaves) and water leaf, a kind of small-leafed spinach.

Prep40 min
Cooking1 h 15
Total1 h 55
Servings6
DifficultyMedium
Calories480 kcal
Gluten-free Keto Paleo Lunch Dinner
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Preparation

1 h 55
  1. Wash and cut up all your vegetables;
  2. After cutting and washing the beef skin, boil it for 30 minutes. Then add the previously cleaned and cut beef. Don't forget to add salt;
  3. Let boil for 10 minutes until a meat broth forms. You may add chilli. At the end of cooking, add the previously soaked fish. Keep the broth, you will need it for the rest of the cooking;
  4. In a pot, add the spinach or water leaf. After 10 minutes, add the eru and let the mixture simmer. Stir from time to time;
  5. Add the meat and fish, stir the mixture and let it simmer for 5 minutes;
  6. Then stir in the cooking broth and the palm oil, stir and let simmer for 15 minutes;
  7. Finally add your crayfish and let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes;
  8. Serve hot with water fufu or with tapioca couscous.

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