Abula (Nigerian Three Stews)
Abula (literally "mixture") is a dish common amongst Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a combination of three different soups/stews: gbegiri, ewedu, and pepper sauce.
Total
00:30
Yield
2–3
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried beans
- 2 large pieces of meat, cut into pieces
- ½ cup palm oil
- 1 onion
- 2 teaspoons ground crayfish
- Salt to taste
- 2 dryfish
- 3 cups ewedu leaves
- 1 piece of potash
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 stock cube
- 2 nylons of fermented locust beans
- 2 red bell peppers
- 3 tomatoes
- Total:
- 00:30
- Yield:
- 2–3
Instructions
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1Soak the beans in water overnight. Remove and discard the skins.
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2Boil the beans in fresh water until very soft. Drain well.
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3Blend the beans to a purée using a blender. Set aside.
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4Boil the meat in a pot of water with onions and spices. Remove the meat and set aside.
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5Heat a small amount of palm oil in a pot. Add the blended beans, crayfish, salt, boiled meat, and dryfish. Cook until the fish is softened.
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6Boil the ewedu for about 15 minutes.
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7Soften with potash, then add a pinch of salt and stock cube.
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8Blend the ewedu mixture until smooth, and stir in the locust beans.
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9Reduce the heat, and allow to simmer.
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10Blend the pepper and tomato together until smooth.
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11Heat a small amount of oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the blended mixture, and cook until it loses the raw flavor.
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12Serve the pepper sauce in one dish with the gbegiri and ewedu.
- Category
- Soups
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 31, 2026