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DIY Recipes: How to make Ayoyo soup with beef stew

This is the perfect stew for the popular Ghanain Tuo Zaafi.
Ayoyo stew with beef sauce
Ayoyo stew with beef sauce

If you haven’t tried making this yourself, this the time to give it a shot.

Ingredients

Palm oil

Powdered Fish

Meat (Goat)

Fish seasoning

All-purpose spices (Maggi cube)

Salmon

Ayoyo leaves

Salt to taste

Powdered Okro

Dawadawa

Pepper

Onions

Tomatoes

Method

  • Chop the ayoyo leaves into smaller sizes
  • Boil water, add chopped onion, powdered fish, powdered okro and dawadawa.
  • After 5 minutes add ayoyo leaves and saltpetre
  • Don't cover, stir continuously until ingredients become very soft.
  • Add salt and seasoning. Allow to simmer for 3 minutes and soup is ready.
  • Cut meat into desirable sizes. Wash and put meat in a big saucepan over moderate heat.
  • Blend onion, ginger, garlic and add to meat.
  • Add salt and seasoning and cover the meat to steam for 5-10 minutes.
  • Heat pan over medium-high heat until hot and then add the olive oil, then add the chicken.
  • Fry on one side until browned and then flip.
  • Brown the second side and then transfer the meat to a bowl.
  • Add chopped onion and garlic and saute until tender and starting to brown.
  • Add grinded pepper, tomato puree and stir intermittently.
  • Wash salmon and fish powder (herrings), then add to the stew.
  • After 6-10 minutes, add spices and allow to cook.
  • Taste for salt and add some chopped onions.
  • Finally, add fried meat and allow to simmer for 3 minutes.
  • Serve with your Tuo zaafi.
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