{"id":187,"slug":"ata-ekuru-ekuru-sauce","title":"Ata Ekuru (Ekuru Sauce)","description":"Ata ekuru (\"ekuru pepper\"), or obe ekuru (\"ekuru sauce\"), is a red sauce used to garnish ekuru. It is an essential part of ekuru.","ingredients_raw":["4 pieces tatase (red bell peppers)","6 pieces rodo (scotch bonnet chiles)","10 pieces shombo (fresh cayenne pepper)","1 alubosa (onion)","400 ml palm oil","Seasoning cubes","Salt","Fish (optional)","Ground crayfish (optional)","Beef (optional)","Ponmo (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["tatase","rodo","shombo","alubosa","palm oil","seasoning cube","salt","fish","ground crayfish","beef","ponmo"],"steps":["Combine the bell pepper, chiles, and cayenne pepper. Blend to a chunky paste.","Heat the palm oil in a pan. After about 5 minutes, add the blended pepper mixture to the hot oil. Season with salt and bouillon cubes to taste, and add any of the optional ingredients as desired.","Let cook over medium-low heat for about 30–40 minutes, until well-cooked and the oil is floating on top of the sauce.","Serve with ekuru."],"categories":["Sauce recipes","Recipes using beef","Recipes using red bell pepper","Recipes using Scotch bonnet chile","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using ground crayfish","Recipes using dehydrated broth","Recipes using salt","Recipes using fish"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ata_Ekuru_(Ekuru_Sauce)","source_ref":"4513923","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Ata_Ekuru_(Ekuru_Sauce)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"54ceaeb2e9577dc75baeeb7bdfd38194ad1ae4479846256a103e7c3739e0082c","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/ata-ekuru-ekuru-sauce"}