Eru And Water Fufu
Eru and water fufu is a common meal in Cameroon. It is very common among the Manyu people of the southwest region of Cameroon.
Total
01:45
Yield
8
Ingredients
- Eru leaf, cleaned and chopped
- Water leaf, cleaned and chopped
- ½ litre palm oil
- Maggi cube
- 2 wrappings ground crayfish
- Dry fish
- ½ kg meat
- ½ kg cow skin, cut into pieces
- Salt
- Green pepper, ground
- Chilli pepper (optional), ground
- Smoked fish (optional) (optional)
- Spinach (optional) (optional)
- White wrappings of water fufu mixture
- Water (to mix)
- Total:
- 01:45
- Yield:
- 8
Instructions
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1Wash the meat and fish. Combine in a pot with 1 maggi cube and a pinch of salt, then steam for about 30 minutes.
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2Add water leaf to the pot and cook for 3 minutes.
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3Add eru, and stir until the mixture is soft.
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4Serve with water fufu.
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5Soak the eru leaves for 3–6 hours OR soak for 1 hour and boil with baking soda for 30 minutes.
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6Boil the beef skin for 30 minutes, then add the previously cleaned and cut meat. Don't forget to salt it.
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7Boil for 10 minutes or until the desired gravy is achieved.
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8Season with hot pepper if desired.
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9At the very end of cooking, add the soaked fish. The juice must be saved because it will be necessary for the remaining cooking.
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10Stir in the spinach or waterleaf to a saucepan. Cook for 10 minutes.
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11Stir in the eru. Boil, stirring occasionally.
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12Mix in the palm oil, and cook for 15 minutes.
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13Mix in the crayfish, and cook for 5–10 minutes.
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14Serve with water fufu.
- Category
- Soups
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 28, 2026