Fred Morgan
This is a very traditional native sauce, served in a traditional bowl called a calabash. It is mostly served in big restaurants and its origin can be traced to the eastern part of Nigeria. Nkwobi is a Nigerian delicacy that consists of simply cooked cow foot mixed in spicy palm oil paste. Nkwobi is often mistaken for Isi Ewu by people who do not know the difference, it is important to note that they are not the same.
Apart from being highly nutritious with its various natural ingredients, it has many health benefits. One of these benefits is that it contains iron. Iron helps in forming hemoglobin that transports oxygen to different parts of the body. It also aids the circulation of blood in the mucous membrane
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Ingredients
- Cow leg
- Palm oil
- Onions
- Soft Ugba(optional)
- Garden egg vegetable
- Utazi or spinach leaf
- Potassium salt
- Seasoning (salt, curry, thyme)
- Boiled kpomo (cow skin)
- Cray fish (optional)
Method
Step 1
Dissect the cow leg into 2 then slice and remove the bones.
Step 2
Boil the cow leg and slice a half onions into 4 pieces to soften fast with a pinch of salt to taste (seasoning) cook for 45 minutes.
Step 3
Add a cooking spoon of palm oil in a pot, sprinkle very tiny potassium salt, mix it with warm water, stir all together until when the potassium melts and the sauce becomes thicken, add pounded or dry chili pepper with seasoning.
Step 4
Add the boiled skin cow (kpomo), a bit of Cray fish.
Step 5
Check the cow leg, if softened, drain out the water, and put the meat in bowl.
Step 6
Add all the sauce and ingredients together then stir. Do not add seasoning.
Step 7
Pour the sauce on the meat and stir. Sprinkle few slices of vegetable on it.
Step 8
Served in a traditional bowl with a chilled drink
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