Recipe: Perfect Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce

Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce. The goat brain is not left out or thrown away, it is used to thicken the sauce and add some taste and richness to it as well. Ehuru seed or calabash nutmeg is an important spice in Isi Ewu recipe; it adds. Potash is what makes the palm oil curdle as you will see in the video below.

Isi Ewu or "Goat head" is a popular delicacy in Nigerian cuisine. In this article, you will find a Isi Ewu soup is similar to Nkwobi soup. Still, there are some differences in cooking and especially in parts of meat - Potash is another traditional ingredient of the soup. You can have Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce

1. Prepare 1 of full goat head.
2. It's 1 of big bulb of onion(sliced in a circular shape).
3. Prepare of Sliced Ugba/ukpaka aka oil beans (washed).
4. Prepare of Crayfish.
5. It's leaf of Sliced Utazi.
6. You need of Fresh pepper.
7. It's cube of Seasoning.
8. Prepare of Salt.
9. Prepare of Potash.
10. You need of Palm oil.

Enough water to cook the meat *. Isi- Ewu is made from goat head and I bet a bite will surely convince you to eat more. Wash and slice the fresh utazi leaves into tiny pieces just like you would do for your vegetables and set aside. Soak a tea spoon of potash or kaun in small amount of water, let it dissolve well and sieve the water.

Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce step by step

1. Cut the goat head and wash thoroughly.Remove the brain and wrap in an aluminum foil.
2. Place the washed meat in a pot..add in Salt, onion and seasoning cubes. Cook along side with wrapped brain till its tender to your taste. Then bring out from fire and remove the brain.
3. Break the potash and pound into powder. If you bought the one that is not grounded skip the pounding and dissolve in little water and strain with a fine mesh to remove sand or undissolved particles. Then set aside.
4. In a mortar pound crayfish,pepper, onions and goat brain(u can also blend) then put in a plate.
5. Place a pot on fire and heat. Pour in Palm oil let it heat and add the pounded pepper and the brain mix.
6. Leave it to cook for about 3 mins add a pinch of salt.
7. Pour in the strained and dissolved potash in the mortar.
8. Pour the content of the palm oil and mix with the pestle..
9. When it's properly mixed..
10. Add the goat head without the stock (meat water) u can add in a little stock if the mixture is too thick.
11. Then mix all together.
12. Add in the sliced ugba/ukpaka. Check for salt at this stage.
13. Add the sliced Utazi leaf and mix.
14. Scoop into a plate.
15. Top with sliced onions and Utazi leaves..
16. Your isiewu is ready.

Isi ewu (Igbo: Goat's head) is a traditional Igbo dish that is made with a goat's head. Isi-Ewu: The Anatomy Of A National Delicacy, an article by Uche Nworah. Isi Ewu is a dish that is usually mistaken for the dish Nkwobi because they both have similar ingredients. Cooked and served in a thick spicy sauce, this is an authentic Eastern Nigeria dish (igbo). Singe the hairs off the head and legs of goat, scrape and singe alternatively until all the hairs are off.