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    Home » Nigerian snacks » Eja yoyo, Eja Eko

    Published: Sep 15, 2016 · Modified: Aug 12, 2019 by Ajoke

    Eja yoyo, Eja Eko

    Eja yoyo, eja Eko, this is your go to snack on a very hot afternoon.

    baked salmon and fried smelt fish on a plate with two sweetcorn on hub

    Hello again and I’m sorry I have been MIA for a while. I need to get my acts together really fast and get back to blogging again. I miss blogging tho but I have just been caught up with so many things.

    Back to my Eja yoyo recipe, my dad and I went shopping the other day and I saw this fish, sprat and the first thing that came to mind was Eja Eko also called eja yoyo. This type of fried fish is popular street food in Lagos state, it is affordable, very easy to make and yummy too. I got this fish for less than £3 and it fed about 7 people conveniently. Eja yoyo is deep-fried, coated in flour, seasoning and salt. If you want, you can add cayenne pepper to the flour mix to make it spicy. This method is the common and commercial way of frying (street) fish in Nigerian.

    Ingredients

    1kg sprat fish (any type of fish would work for this recipe, simply cut into bite size)

    Flour

    Corn flour (optional)

    Onions (optional)

    Salt

    Seasoning

    Cayenne pepper

    Veg oil for frying

    how to make eja yoyo

    Rinse and drain fish on kitchen towel (make sure you get rid of excess moisture)

    Season fish with salt, seasoning and pepper if using.

    Add flour, corn flour, seasoning and salt (if using) to a bowl and mix together

    yoyo fish recipe

    Place a shallow or frying pan on high heat, add oil and leave till hot, carefully drop in the whole onion in the hot oil.(The onion flavours the oil)

    Take the seasoned fish and add to the flour mixture in bits. Coat the fish with the flour mixture and shake off the excess

    Carefully add the flour-coated fish to the hot oil and fry until golden brown and crispy (fry to your taste) Drain on a kitchen towel

    process shot of how to fry crispy spelt fish (eja yoyo/ sprat)

    Repeat the process until you have exhausted the fish.

    fried eja yoyo (fried spat)

    You see very easy but super yum.

    eja-yoyo-5

    Yoyo fish can be paired with my active kitchen hot chilli sauce or suya spice

    Enjoy. If you try out this recipe, I would really love to hear from you. Tell me how you get on and lets rub minds. hahaha

     

    Eja yoyo, Eja Eko
    Cuisine: Nigerian
    Author: Ajoke
    Prep time: 10 mins
    Cook time: 30 mins
    Total time: 40 mins
    Eja yoyo, eja Eko, this is your go to snack on a very hot afternoon. This style and method of frying fish is a popular street/commercial way of frying fish in Nigeria.
    Ingredients
    • 1kg sprat fish (any type of fish would work for this recipe, simply cut into bite size)
    • Flour
    • Corn flour (optional)
    • Onions (optional)
    • Salt
    • Seasoning
    • Cayenne pepper
    • Veg oil for frying
    Instructions
    1. Rinse and drain fish on kitchen towel (make sure you get rid of excess moisture)
    2. Season fish with salt, seasoning and pepper if using.
    3. Add flour, corn flour, seasoning and salt (if using) to a bowl and mix together
    4. Place a shallow or frying pan on a high heat, add oil and leave till hot, carefully drop in the whole onion in the hot oil.(The onion flavours the oil)
    5. Take the seasoned fish and add to the flour mixture in bits. Coat the fish with the flour mixture and shake off the excess
    6. Carefully add the flour coated fish to the hot oil and fry until golden brown and crunchy (fry to your taste) Drain on a kitchen towel
    7. Repeat the process till you have exhausted the fish.

    If you made eja yoyo recipe, don’t forget to leave me feedback. Tag me @myactivekitchen on Instagram and save away to your Pinterest.

    ATB

    Ajoke x

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