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Eddoe soup is from Liberia. The eddoe soup is a fragrant and hearty soup is simmered with delicate seasonings and meat or fish of choice. Eddoe is a tropical root vegetable similar to yams or sweet potatoes.
Eddoes Soup takes the root vegetable and sautés them with local seasonings to create a deliciously creamy and savory soup dish.
What Is Eddoe?
Eddoes (Colocasia esculenta), also known as taro, dasheen or cocoyam, is a starchy edible root vegetable that belongs to the Araceae family. It has tiny hairs all over. Its taste is similar to that of the potato, but with a nutty flavor. It is grown in exotic nations around the world. They can be boiled, roasted, fried or added to homemade breads and puddings. Eddoe is commonly called the potato of the tropics!
In Guyana, the eddoe root is usually added to soup. The leaves of the eddoe plant is cooked with coconut milk with meat of your choice and eaten with either dhal and rice or just the plain rice and also sada roti.
What Does Eddoe Taste Like?
Eddoe have a light crumbly texture with a slightly sweet flavor, somewhat like a potato. Like a potato, eddoes can be roasted, fried or boiled.
Origin Of Eddoe
Eddoes seems to have originated in India and spread eastwards to Burma and China and southwards to Indonesia. Afterward, it was taken to Japan, Hawaii, Melanesia and Polynesia; in historical times, it spread to Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, thereafter to Africa, to the Guinea coast and to the Caribbean (Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados) etc.
It has been vigorously grown throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Today, it is grown throughout the West Indies and in West and North Africa. In Asia, it is widely planted in south and central China and is grown to a lesser extent in India. It is now a staple food in many islands of the Pacific including Papua New Guinea.
Is Eddoe Soup Healthy?
Yes eddoe soup is healthy! Eddoe root contains a wealth of organic compounds, minerals, and vitamins that can benefit our overall health in a number of ways. It has a very significant amount of dietary fiber and carbohydrates, as well as high levels of vitamin A, C, E, vitamin B6, and folate, according to the USDA National Nutrient Database.
There is magnesium, iron, zinc, phosphorous, potassium, manganese, and copper in it. The plant also provides some protein in your diet.
Check out the step-by-step printable recipe below. Enjoy!
Eddoe soup
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (450 g) Eddoes (white or nut)
- 1/4 salt meat1/4 (100 g) fresh meat (pork, beef or chicken, salted or fresh)
- 4 pts. (2 liters) water
- Sprig of thyme3-4 blades eacholot
- 2 onions
- 1 tbsp. butter
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Directions
- Peel eddoes and put in water to boil with salt and fresh meat cut into small pieces.
- When tender, crush eddoes. Return to saucepan, add onions, thyme and eschalot. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Simmer until smooth.
- Lastly add 1 tablespoon butter and serve with or without pieces of meat.
