Nkwobi Recipe (Nigerian Spicy Cow Foot)
Cow foot cooked until gelatinous, then coated in a thick spiced palm oil paste made with potash, ehu and crayfish. The Igbo bar favourite, served warm.
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Cooking tools:
- Mortar and pestle
- Coffee grinder
- Fine-mesh sieve
- Pot
- Wooden spatula
- Stove
- Measuring spoon
- Cutting board
- Chef's knife
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden mortar
- Spoon
- Kitchen scale
- Serving bowl
- Wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 2Kg (4.4 lbs) cow foot (cut into sizeable pieces)
- 20Cl (200ml) Palm Oil
- 1 Tablespoon powdered edible potash (Akanwu/Kaun/Keun)
- 1 Teaspoon ground Ehu seeds (Calabash Nutmeg)
- 2 Tablespoons ground crayfish
- 2 Habanero peppers(or to your taste)
- 1 Medium onion
- 2 Big stock cubes
- Salt (to taste)
- 10 Utazi leaves (Gongronema latifolium)
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