Make Agidi Jollof Recipe from Scratch

Agidi Jollof recipe is one dish enjoyed if you had your primary even secondary school education in Nigeria. Those two educational stages were not complete without the Agidi Jollof experience! Twas remarkable and unforgettable.

The type of Agidi we had then was stuffed with cow bone, which was softer and filled with oil.

This is also one of the meals used as a starter food for babies starting with semi solid foods. We also have the white Agidi or Agidi white called Eko by the people from the western part of Nigeria. Agidi white is made without adding any form of stew which usually gives it the Jollof colour vibes.

Unlike the white agidi you pair with stew, pepper soup, even moi moi ,you can enjoy Agidi Jollof just like that.

Remember we will be making this Agidi Jollof recipe from scratch, there’s also how to make Agidi Jollof with corn flour and you’ll still get amazing results

This agidi Jollof recipe is not like the regular made with bone this was made with fried fish. Say yea!

Yes! You can have fish, I meant fried fish stuffed in your Agidi Jollof Recipe and this tasted heavenly.

To Make Agidi Jollof Recipe from Scratch

Agidi Jollof Ingredients

• 2 cups dry white corn
• 1 sizeable Ice fish
• 1 teaspoon Nigerian curry powder
• 10 pieces of Shombo or cayenne pepper
• Scotch bonnet pepper to taste
• 4 medium tomato
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme or rosemary spice
• 2 tablespoons tomatoes paste
• 1 medium onion
• 2 seasoning cubes
• Salt (to taste)
• Vegetable oil for frying the fish and stew

Agidi Jollof Recipe Preparation

1. Wash and soak the corn like when you want to soak corn for akamu or pap. Change the water everyday for like 2- 3 days the corn will be soaked
2. After 3 days remove from water and wash thoroughly with clean water
3. Transfer to a heavy duty blender,add little water then grind
4. Next,get a big bowl of water,tie cheese cloth on the big bowl full with water,then scoop in bits,then sieve,the fine corn will settle beneath the water,leaving you with the chaff .Discard the chaff.
5. Once the pap is well settled, gently pour out the water on top,leaving you with the fine pap
6. For the stew,blend your Fresh peppers, some onion and fresh tomatoes
7. Wash the ice fish and season with onion, seasoning cubes,rosemary spice,curry powder and salt. You can customize to your taste
8. Add little water and cook fish until done,set the fish stock aside,then fry
9. Place a clean pot on a stove,pour in the vegetable oil,leave a while to get hot,add the tomato paste,stir until dry,then add the fresh tomato mix until the sour taste is no more,add the fish stock, seasoning cube and salt if need be,leave to boil for 5 to 7 minutes, the stew is ready.
10. In a pot,put the raw pap,add water to a lighter consistency but not watery
11. Pour the already prepared stew into the raw pap,mix and add additional ingredients if need be like salt,stock. Set some stew aside for later use.
12. Gently place the mix raw pap mix with stew on a low heat and continue to mix in one direction until it thickens. It’s done when the sour taste is gone.
13. The best wrapper for Agidi Jollof is the leaf we call etere,you might have a different name it’s known in your area. This leaf gives super flavour to Agidi Jollof.
14. While the Agidi Jollof is still hot, gently scoop it into the etere leaves,add the fried fish,some stew,then top up with the Agidi Jollof again,then wrap. Repeat the process until you’re wrapping all the Agidi Jollof.
15. As it gets cool it comes together more.
16. Tasty Agidi Jollof is ready!

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Thank you and see you in my next post.

Ada.

Also read;

How To Make Irresistible Corn and Beans

How To make Perfect Beans Flour at home

How To make raw pap at home