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Nigerian Soup Staples

The Orange Eba

You may have read by post on Vegetable Fortified Nigerian Starchy Solids. If you haven’t read it, click HERE. Anyways, as part of the playful exciting banter Remmy Tewogbade and I had over Facebook, the thought of Orange Eba was born. We went back and forth over colouring Eba, to the point I googled a vegetable colour chart and I was ticking off colours. Oh, I have so many ways to colour any of our pale or white coloured Nigerian starchy solids, Remi suggested a rainbow coloured Eba. Watch this space. We have ticked off green, red, pink, yellow, orange, brown and purple. You can join in the fun too by suggesting colours and what vegetables would help create those colours. The possibilities are endless.

When Remi posted her Red Eba that night, she said she was hoping it would be a little more red instead of Orange. I told her that to get it more red, more tatashe (red bell pepper), would need to be added and that would influence the natural taste of garri. The idea behind this new found exciting way of colouring starchy solids is to still keep the natural taste intact, but enhance its visual appearance. Mind you, I was having this conversation till 2am. I can talk about food till the cows come home. I finally forced myself to get off the computer and go to sleep and I swear, I was dreaming in colour that night. I even thought of so many extra ways of adding colour to a few things that are not Nigerian Starchy solids, but I would hold those close to myself for my recipe book. Too innovative to let it out now. I have already started compiling stuff to go into the book, including buying a very well recommended book on How to Write a Cookbook. As my Father says, while you wait for The Almighty to open doors for you, in the way only He can, make sure you are standing in front of the doors ready and prepared. Praying without action is a waste of The Lord’s time. Loooool. So, those of you waiting to see a cookbook, let us all pray and send thoughts out together in agreement. The power of multiples, is one thing I believe strongly in. Everytime you visit the blog, please spare a thought in prayer for The Dooney’s Kitchen Cookbook. Re-inforce it. I can see it in my minds eye already, I see it every day, the glossy pages and hardcover, I can almost smell it. I want to publish one that badly.

Anyways, back to The Orange Eba. I was in an Asian food store on Saturday, with a list of things to buy. Garri was definitely not on it as I had Garri at home. I walked past Yellow Garri and suddenly stopped in my tracks. It was as if someone dropped something on my head. Of course, Yellow garri would give that perfect very appealing and pleasing to the eye Orange Eba. Yellow + Red = Orange. Quickly, I grabbed yellow garri off the shelf and couldn’t wait to try it. Try it on Monday I did. You should have seen how my eyes widened with joy when the Eba turned Orange. Yipeeeeeeee. I deliberately left some shaggy bits of the tatashe (red bell pepper) for colour contrast, as orange and red can be a fab combination. I also left it in, to allow anyone who sees a picture of The Orange Eba to almost guess what went in it to give off that colour. The Tangerine shape also helps in its appeal. I posted this on Instagram and Facebook yesterday, and took a mini survey of some sort. People seem to prefer this Orange Eba to the Green Eba. Another survey I also took was about the Green Eba. I asked if people would rather chop the vegetables and add to their starchy solid or blend it. It seems the chopped version is winning. Whichever you choose, I hope you have fun with it. Here’s how I made this

This is Remi’s version

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White Garri also gives you that Orange colour, but it is more pronounced with Yellow Garri.

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You will need

Tatashe – red bell pepper
Hot Water
Yellow Garri

How To

1. Get out the Yellow Garri from the cupboard

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2. Heat up water and blended Tatashe (red bell pepper) in a pot, bring it to a boil. To make it look less shocking, I decided to blend the tatashe leaving a little flecks of the skin of the red bell pepper, so you don’t wonder if the Eba was coloured with food dye. Dooney’s Kitchen Tip: Boiling the water with the tatashe also allows the tatashe to cook a little, just so you don’t get that raw tatashe taste. Believe me, this tastes just like Eba, so don’t worry, you wouldn’t be losing out on flavour by adding tatashe.

Dooney’s Kitchen Tip: Alternatively, you can chop the tatashe (red bell pepper) in tiny pieces and add to the starchy solid whole, just as I did with Kale fortified Oatmeal (click HERE). It all depends on you. Any type of veggie you wish, you can chop and add to your starchy solid. Remember, you saw it here first. Lol

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3. Pour the red bell pepper and water mixture into a bowl, sprinkle over the yellow garri

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4. Turn with a wooden spoon. As you do, you will notice the garri changing in colour from Yellow to Orange.
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Ta dah………….Here’s Orange Eba

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Take it to the next level by forming it into the Tangerine Shape, the colour, the shape, how cute is that? To learn how to form it into the tangerine shape, click HERE
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Would you be willing to try this? Imagine serving this with Okro or Vegetable Soup like I did.

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The contrast of colours. Simply Beautiful.

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So, people, would you give this a go? The colour looks very pleasant to the eye. There is something about Orange that you warm up to (pun intended).

Picture Courtesy: Remi Tewogbade. She is on the active pursuit of the brown Eba. Although I told her Amala already covers brown, but she is determined. I already have another idea of how to get brown in, but will keep that hush hush for now. Lol

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Green vs Orange Eba, which is your preferred choice?

 


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  1. AvatarLaura Utume says

    May 8, 2014 at 1:34 pm

    Orange eba it is for me…. will be trying it out too!

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 8, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      Great Laura. Please let me know when you try it

      Reply
  2. AvatarPrecious says

    May 8, 2014 at 1:41 pm

    I guess it all starts somewhere. Now I wonder how yellow gari came about. Innovation all the way!!!

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 8, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      Looool, you know right. We have taken colour in our starchy food to the next level

      Reply
  3. AvatarTrixx... says

    May 8, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    I prefer the orange one. That green looks unappealing (sorry).

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 8, 2014 at 1:54 pm

      Hahahahahahaha Trixx. Okay then. Please let me know when you’ve tried the orange one

      Reply
  4. AvatarDolapo says

    May 8, 2014 at 2:06 pm

    Lol Dooney! This orange Eba is a delicacy I know from childhood. Well a variation of it. It is served in Benin and Togo where meat stock is mixed with the pepper and brought to boil then the garri is added as usual. Viola, food is ready. Eat alone or serve with soup. your choice. Still ate it last week.

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    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 8, 2014 at 2:11 pm

      Ah, that one I know very well from my Ijebu grandmothers. She used stock and not stock and pepper and the Eba was made slightly soft. Ooooh, you’ve just reminded me of that one now. Oh, I am going to try it. I haven’t had stock Eba in like forever. Yaaaaaaaay. Thanks

      Reply
  5. AvatarDolapo says

    May 8, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Lol Dooney! This eba I know. At least a variation of it served in Benin Republic and Togo where the pepper is mixed with meat stock, brought to boil and the garri added. You can either eat like that or with a soup.

    Reply
  6. AvatarŻûrįęllę says

    May 8, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    Hi dunni ,if I were that old I would say u remind me of me!!!! Lolzzzz but I am not. I love kitchen experiments and have come up with loads of meals as a result of my experiments,I av also come up with some proper rubbish tooooo. Anyways this is nicely done,will try it.
    Purple is my favourite color though so purple eba( eggplants skins and some beet roots should do the trick) don’t know how to upload pizures with this device yet but it will be on my insta once it’s done. Well done

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 8, 2014 at 3:27 pm

      Hahahahahahaha. Kitchen experiments rock. oooh, purple eba, I also have my thoughts on that one using beets or purple cabbage. Waiting to try that one. I will be looking forward to seeing yours

      Reply
  7. Avatargechy says

    May 8, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    Beautifully done dooney…me likey!…at least d color will definetely attract ma son to liking eba(orange)…buh won’t it be peppery?

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 9, 2014 at 11:33 am

      It definitely will attract him. No, it won’t be peppery. I used tatashe and not ata rodo

      Reply
  8. AvatarDebby Jat says

    May 8, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    Anty Dee shey d pepper wunt make d eba pepperisg

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 9, 2014 at 11:31 am

      No it wont because i used tatashe and not ata rodo

      Reply
  9. AvatarRemi says

    May 9, 2014 at 10:54 am

    Nice one Dunni, if memory serves me correctly I think that Benin/Togo version is called Imoyo! gosh food is good!

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 9, 2014 at 11:25 am

      The Imoyo terminology is quite confusing to be honest because the imoyo i know is fresh fish stew

      Reply
  10. AvatarMalibu says

    May 9, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    Hi donnie ow did u get it to have the tangerine shape me likey

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 9, 2014 at 12:39 pm

      Hi Malibu, this is how I made the tangerine shape: http://www.dooneyskitchen.com/2014/05/01/tangerine-oatmeal/

      Reply
  11. AvatarEsther Amanda says

    May 9, 2014 at 3:49 pm

    pls dooneyrooney, I love d orange but my question is this “will d tatashe be pepperish”? bcos we ve a baby of 2years n he loves eba.

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 9, 2014 at 6:40 pm

      No Esther, it won’t at all because tatashe is not peppery. Your baby would love it

      Reply
  12. AvatarIrene says

    May 10, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    Oh my goodness!!! Dooney, you’ve done it again. Orange is my fav colour. So, yellow garri shall be on my things-to-get-from-Nigeria list. I am definitely trying the orange eba. No thank you to green eba. That one does not look appealing at all. I had the Benin/Togo version many years ago – 1976, with okra soup which had green ata rodo bubbling in it.:-)

    Dooney’s Cookbook! Way to go, girl! So here’s is my prayer: Dear Lord, please grant Dooney the grace and resources she needs to bring forth this book, IJN. Rooting for you. I can see the book with eyes of faith. Let it come soon O!

    I simply love this statement by your dad: “while you wait for The Almighty to open doors for you, in the way only He can, make sure you are standing in front of the doors ready and prepared. Praying without action is a waste of The Lord’s time” So very true. I request permission to share it with credit to you.

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      May 11, 2014 at 10:15 pm

      Thank you Irene. I will definitely look into that Benin/Togo Eba made with stock. Amen and a resounding Amen to your prayers about the cook book. Together with our eyes of faith, it will come true and come soon. Yes o, my Dad sure had many wise words.

      Reply
  13. AvatarEby says

    June 20, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    How did u shape to be like tangerine

    Reply
    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      June 21, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      Hi Eby, click on this link to see how I did it

      Reply
  14. Avatarcalabar gal says

    February 12, 2015 at 2:42 am

    thanks for enlightening us

    Reply
  15. AvatarKiki says

    March 10, 2016 at 9:20 am

    Thanks Dooney, I love this blog. Haven’t got any responses to my comments or questions yet. I answered the one about Ata Lilo myself by going through the blog but I still haven’t got the one about Iru answered. Well done. Love your work. By the way, how about making the orange eba with carrots? I like the tatase idea but I’m thinking carrots?
    I think this colored eba/swallow/Nigerian soup staples would be great for getting kids who don’t like eba to eat it … still thinking carrots for the orange eba. Will try it this weekend.

    Reply
    • DooneyDooney says

      April 1, 2016 at 1:06 pm

      Hi Kiki, i am so sorry for not responding to comments on time. it has gotten really busy for me now. yes carrots can work, the eba might turn out sweet though but that would just be great for kids and not adults. i will go hunt down your comment about Iru

      Reply
  16. Avatarotaniyen says

    May 31, 2016 at 6:23 pm

    Hey Dooney!
    That orange eba looks wow!But pls o,won’t the eba be peppery?

    Reply
    • DooneyDooney says

      June 1, 2016 at 9:53 am

      no it isn’t because i didn’t use hot pepper

      Reply

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