{"id":1140,"slug":"eba-with-efo-gbure-cassava-flake-swallow-with-waterleaf-soup","title":"Eba with Efo Gbure (Cassava Flake Swallow with Waterleaf Soup)","description":"Eba with efo gbure is a Nigerian dish that pairs a starchy swallow with a vegetable soup. It is a native meal of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and other parts of Yorubaland, and it can be served along with a meat or seafood of choice. Instead of the eba, you may also serve the soup with amala, a yam-based swallow.","ingredients_raw":["A medium-sized bowl full of waterleaf","¼ cup palm oil","1 cup puréed tomato","½ cup puréed chile pepper","250 ml water","½ teaspoon salt","2 seasoning cubes, crushed","1 liter water","2 milk tins of processed cassava flakes (garri)"],"ingredients_norm":["sized bowl full of waterleaf","palm oil","pureed tomato","pureed chili pepper","water","salt","seasoning cube","milk tins of processed cassava flake"],"steps":["Thoroughly rinse the waterleaf in water to ensure it is free of dirt. Drain well, and chop the waterleaf very finely.","Place a heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the palm oil, and let it heat up before carefully adding the tomato and chile purées.","Allow the purées to boil for about 2 minutes. If necessary, lower the heat to prevent scorching.","Stir in the waterleaf and water, and let boil for another 5 minutes.","Stir in the salt and seasoning cube, and let boil for another 2 minutes.","Remove from the heat and keep warm.","Bring the water to a boil in a pot.","Gradually stir in the cassava flakes, and cook until the mixture forms a smooth dough.","Serve the eba as a swallow alongside your soup."],"categories":["Nigerian recipes","Yoruba recipes","Recipes using chile","Recipes using cassava flour","Recipes using palm oil","Recipes using salt","Recipes using waterleaf","Recipes using dehydrated broth","Recipes using tomato","Recipes for swallows","Recipes for soup"],"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:Eba_with_Efo_Gbure_(Cassava_Flake_Swallow_with_Waterleaf_Soup)","source_ref":"4518753","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Eba_with_Efo_Gbure_(Cassava_Flake_Swallow_with_Waterleaf_Soup)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"d78e327e6ab8c16532bcc543cff7a59605307977998d8dabe099567c9434e3f7","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/eba-with-efo-gbure-cassava-flake-swallow-with-waterleaf-soup"}