Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Isi Ewu is a spiced goat head recipe; it is another form of goat meat recipe, the procedures for making it is almost similar to Nkwobi. Isi Ewu or "Goat head" is a popular delicacy in Nigerian cuisine. In this article, you will find a Isi Ewu soup is similar to Nkwobi soup.
Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce:
- Take 1 full goat head
- Make ready 1 big bulb of onion(sliced in a circular shape)
- Make ready Sliced Ugba/ukpaka aka oil beans (washed)
- Take Crayfish
- Prepare leaf Sliced Utazi
- Make ready Fresh pepper
- Get cube Seasoning
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready Potash
- Prepare Palm oil
Wash and slice the fresh utazi leaves into tiny pieces just like you would do for your vegetables and set aside. Soak a tea spoon of potash or kaun in small amount of water, let it dissolve well and sieve the water. Isi Ewu is a dish that is usually mistaken for the dish Nkwobi because they both have similar ingredients. Isi Ewu as the name implies is a spiced goat head recipe; this is one of the most requested delicious traditional food with its origin from South-eastern parts of Ingredients :Goat head,palm oil,calabash nutmeg,potash,onions,utazi,habanero and seasoning.
Instructions to make Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce:
- Cut the goat head and wash thoroughly.Remove the brain and wrap in an aluminum foil
- Place the washed meat in a pot..add in Salt, onion and seasoning cubes. Cook along side with wrapped brain till its tender to your taste. Then bring out from fire and remove the brain
- Break the potash and pound into powder. If you bought the one that is not grounded skip the pounding and dissolve in little water and strain with a fine mesh to remove sand or undissolved particles. Then set aside
- In a mortar pound crayfish,pepper, onions and goat brain(u can also blend) then put in a plate
- Place a pot on fire and heat. Pour in Palm oil let it heat and add the pounded pepper and the brain mix
- Leave it to cook for about 3 mins add a pinch of salt
- Pour in the strained and dissolved potash in the mortar
- Pour the content of the palm oil and mix with the pestle.
- When it's properly mixed.
- Add the goat head without the stock (meat water) u can add in a little stock if the mixture is too thick
- Then mix all together
- Add in the sliced ugba/ukpaka. Check for salt at this stage
- Add the sliced Utazi leaf and mix
- Scoop into a plate
- Top with sliced onions and Utazi leaves.
- Your isiewu is ready
Isi ewu (Igbo: Goat's head) is a traditional Igbo dish that is made with a goat's head. Isi-Ewu: The Anatomy Of A National Delicacy, an article by Uche Nworah. Isi Ewu is a spiced goat head recipe; it is another form of goat meat recipe, the procedures for making it is almost similar to Nkwobi. Hot isi ewu with well boiled unripe plantain is a delicacy any day! Men enjoy this dish more than women I think.
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