Nkwobi: Nigerian Cow foot Special
Nkwobi is a delicious spicy cow feet Nigerian delicacy. It is a popular eat out meal common in Nigerian restaurants or beer parlors which may seem complicated but in reality is easy to make and prepared with simple ingredients.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2500 g of cow foot
- Salt/bouillon cube to taste
- 1/2 cup Palm oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons Ground Cameroon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Ground ehuru (calabash nutmeg)
- 1 cup Ugba (Optional)
- 3 Tbs Coarsely ground crayfish
- 1 large Onion divided (( half chopped up, the other 1/2 sliced in circles))
- Utazi leaves Sliced ((For garnishing))
Instructions
- 1
Season cow feet with ginger, garlic, bouillon, and chopped onions. add water to a level that covers the meat and begin to cook. Make sure to add more water when needed as you cook.
- 2
Cook meat till tender, then turn off heat and let cool.
- 3
When meat is cool enough to touch, cut meat into bite size pieces. don't discard the bones.
- 4
Put back bite size meat an smaller bones into pot, add cray fish, some bouillon powder, and about 1/4 cup of water. turn heat back on to a low simmer.
- 5
Pour Palm oil into a bowl and set aside.
- 6
Mix baking soda in a tablespoon of water, then pour the mixture into the Palm oill and mix. Stir until mixture thickens to form a paste.
- 7
Add the ehuru ( calabash nutmeg) and Cameroon pepper, stir to mix, then taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
- 8
Turn off heat, stir in the palm oil / baking soda mix into the cow feet. Mix till well combined.
- 9
Serve in a wooden bowl topped with the sliced onions and Utazi leaves ( in the picture I used kale leaves)
- 10
Cut the cooked cow feet into smaller bite size pieces. Remove the bigger bones. Leave some small bones (it is delicious to suck on)
- 11
Add in the salt, bouillon powder, Cameroon pepper, ground ehuru, ground crayfish into the Palm oil paste in Method 1 above. Sir to combine, taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly
- 12
Pour palm oil mix into the cooked cow feet. Mix the cow feet in, then add the ugba ( if using ). Mix well till everything is well combined.
- 13
Serve in a wooden bowl topped with the sliced onions and Utazi leaves ( in the picture I used kale leaves)