ERO "mushroom" STEW WITH CAULIFLOWER
Have you guys had mushrooms with cauliflower yet? There's a way i usually make it at home and it's really Yummy! Mushrooms don't get as much attention as they should here in the country. Even though they are more of a fungus rather that a vegetable, the edible ones are often very nutritious and tasty. "Ero" means mushroom in igbo and we've got lots of it here in Nigeria.
Ingredients:::
• 1 cup Beef stock
• 300g Mushrooms “Ero”- i used oyster mushroom
• 4 plum Tomatoes
• 1 tsp. curry powder
• 2 Seasoning cubes
• 1 Onion
• ½ small Cauliflower
• 2 Medium size yellow bell pepper
• A handful Scent leaf
• 3 fresh Bay leaf
• Salt to taste
Directions:::
Step 1: Chop the Tomato , Yellow pepper, cauliflower and onion into large chunks – set aside . Wash and slice the scent leaf and bay leaf also. Set this aside.
Step 2: Pour the beef stock in a medium sized pot, Add the crushed seasoning, curry powder, salt to taste and a little chopped onion. Turn on the burner and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the washed mushrooms and cook for 10 minutes more.
Step 3: Add the chopped tomato, bay leaf, yellow pepper, cauliflower and onion into the pot and leave to simmer for 5 more minutes. Turn off the burner and serve with rice or yam.
