Healthy mixed green vegetable dip

Green vegetable dip is an age-old dip from the hinterlands of Eastern Nigeria. It was quite a staple when people ate whatever they could get from their farms. Sometimes, quick meals were a necessity in the daytime for the farmers pending the main meal of the day which is a supper of cassava fufu and soup. Mixed green vegetable dip is one such quick meal.

I learnt it from an in-law who learnt it from his mother, an excellent cook who was very minimalistic in her cooking and use of ingredients. They always turned out delicious and super healthy.

Mixed green vegetable dip is a wholesome food and very delicious, a perfect accompaniment for most carbohydrates especially boiled or roasted yam. Diabetics can load up on this dip, it is excellent for vegetarians and is gluten-free.

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To make Healthy mixed green vegetable dip

1 small bunch Green (Green amaranth) 
Kerenkere leaves*
4 leaves Utazi
4 pieces Okro
Scent leaf (optional)
salt
2 pieces scotch bonnet
1/4 cup palm oil (1 cooking spoon)
1 small onion
*Kerenkere should be about 1/3 of the Green

Pick Green, kerenkere, scent leaf and utazi, wash and cut.

Wash and roughly chop okro and onions into chunks.

Place leafy vegetables and okro into a pot, add salt and a little water.

Place over medium heat and cook until vegetables are cooked and soft.

Put vegetables into a mortar and pound until you get a good puree. You can use a food processor too, set aside.

Place palm oil in a pot, when warmed through add onions and pepper, stir and take off the heat.

Add the vegetable puree and a little salt, stir well and taste.

Your fantastic though simple dip is ready.

Serve with any carbohydrate of your choice. Here I served mine with boiled plantains and yams.

Note

• The oil should just be warmed through to melt not piping hot.
• Using a blender might not work if you have to add water to blend.

Green vegetable dip

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Green vegetable dip is an age-old dip from the hinterlands of Eastern Nigeria

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine Igbo, Nigerian

Servings 2

Ingredients

  

• 1 small bunch Green (Green amaranth)
• Kerenkere leaves*
• 4 leaves Utazi
• 4 pieces Okro
• Scent leaf (optional)
• salt
• 2 pieces scotch bonnet
• ¼ cup palm oil (1 cooking spoon)
• 1 small onion
• *Kerenkere should be about 1/3 of the Green

Instructions

 

• *Kerenkere should be about 1/3 of the Green
• Pick Green, kerenkere, scent leaf and utazi, wash and cut.
• Wash and roughly chop okro and onions into chunks.
• Place leafy vegetables and okro into a pot, add salt and a little water.
• Place over medium heat and cook until vegetables are cooked and soft.
• Put vegetables into a mortar and pound until you get a good puree. You can use a food processor too, set aside.
• Place palm oil in a pot, when warmed through add onions and pepper, stir and take off the heat.
• Add the vegetable puree and a little salt, stir well and taste.
• Your simple dip is ready. Serve with any carbohydrate of your choice. Here I served mine with boiled plantains and yams.

Notes

• The oil should just be warmed through to melt not piping hot.
• Using a blender might not work if you have to add water to blend.

Keyword vegetarian

If you enjoyed my Healthy mixed green vegetable dip, you will also enjoy my Spicy roasted green pepper sauce, Simple sofrito, Herb butter sauce, fresh tomato salsa and Basic guacamole.

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