What ingredients are in Pounded Yam & Efo Riro?

Pounded Yam & Efo Riro uses 10 ingredients. The biggest cost is typically protein (chicken, beef, or fish) and the staple base (rice, garri, or yam).

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Our base recipe serves 5. Use the calculator on this page to scale up or down.

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Pounded Yam & Efo Riro

Name: Pounded Yam & Efo Riro
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients: 3 pieces Yam (medium tubers); 0.5 kg Spinach (efo tete); 0.5 kg Assorted meat; 0.2 kg Stockfish; 0.1 kg Dried fish (eja kika); 0.3 litres Palm oil; 0.1 kg Crayfish; 2 tablespoons Locust beans (iru); 0.2 kg Pepper; 0.2 kg Onions

Premium swallow meal. Pounded yam paired with efo riro (spinach stew with assorted meat, stockfish, and shrimp). A Lagos dinner classic.

Swallow5 servings🥣 Prep time: 30 min🍳 Cook time: 60 minHard

Total cost

₦18,942

for 5 people · ₦3,788 per person

Quantities scale with serving size. Live prices update with the latest Mile 12 wholesale data.

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Servings

5 people

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Pounded Yam & Efo Riro

Ingredient	Qty	Unit price	Cost	Source
Yam (medium tubers)	3 pieces	₦2,500/pieces	₦7,500	📊 Live
Spinach (efo tete)	500 g	₦1,600/kg	₦800	Est.
Assorted meat	500 g	₦8,000/kg	₦4,000	Est.
Stockfish	200 g	₦15,000/kg	₦3,000	Est.
Dried fish (eja kika)	100 g	₦15,000/kg	₦1,500	Est.
Palm oil	300 ml	₦1,800/litres	₦540	Est.
Crayfish	100 g	₦8,000/kg	₦800	Est.
Locust beans (iru)	2 tablespoons	₦100/tablespoons	₦200	Est.
Pepper	200 g	₦2,010/kg	₦402	Est.
Onions	200 g	₦1,000/kg	₦200	📊 Live