FOOD

How to prepare Nkwobi

DISH: NKWOBI

Nkwobi is simply cow leg or tai inside palm oil sauce.

INGREDIENTS
Cow Leg
Palm Oil
Ugba
Utazi vegetable
Crayfish
Potash
Local Nutmeg
Pepper
Maggi
Salt

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PREPARATION
Your cow leg should already be cut into byte pieces and washed. Now you set it to boil in a pot adding some onion and Maggi. It is better to use a pressure cooker because cow legs can take up to 4 hours before it becomes soft.
Make sure when its getting soft you allow the stock dry up so that the cow leg absorbs every spice. It will be yummier!

Now we have to make the palm oil paste. Add enough palm oil in another pot, mix your potash with a bit of water then sieve.
Now pour the potash mixture into the palm oil while stirring, you will notice that the palm oil will become thicker and the colour will be bright orange/ slightly yellowish
Open up the local nutmeg, place on a pan or the cooker to get hot for about 3 minutes (till it becomes fragrant) mash, then add to the palm oil. Add Maggi to taste, some pepper, a bit of salt, enough crayfish and mix together. Make sure you taste it.
Now wash your ugba and add it to the paste. Mix everything together.
Get the cow leg and add to the palm oil paste, when it is totally combined, put it back on the cooker till it heats up. Should not be more than 5 minutes if not the oil will melt and you don’t want that.

Serve your nkwobi in a plate and garnish with the Utazi leaves and onion rings…it should look like what I have below. Utazi is bitter so some people use sparingly by sprinkling on the top of the Nkwobi, while some combine it all. It’s entirely your choice.

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11 thoughts on “How to prepare Nkwobi

  • This dish sounds so interesting – I haven’t cooked with cow leg before! Could you make a similar dish with oxtail? Charlie xo

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  • This sounds really interesting! Cow tail is not something I’d normally order all for myself, but I would definitely give it a try.

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  • I literally googled the pronunciation of Nkwobi! Hihi. I’d love to try it too. I’m going to print this and ask my grandma to cook for me. Thanks for sharing!

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