Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

The goat head is supposed to be cooked whole after the butcher has given it a few cuts in the skull. When cooked, you cut it into pieces. For the perfect isi ewu, restraint is key.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce:

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

Still, there are some differences in cooking and especially in parts of meat - Potash is another traditional ingredient of the soup. Cut the goat head into pieces wash the meat with warm salty water. Slice the onion and set aside. Potash is what makes the palm oil curdle as you will see in the video below.

Steps to make Isi ewu (goat head) in potash sauce:

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

A healthier alternative is what we call Ngu in Igbo. Ngu is even more traditional than potash so potash. 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.

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