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    Home » Breakfast Recipes » Garden egg stew

    Published: Jun 21, 2015 · Modified: Jul 29, 2019 by Ajoke

    Garden egg stew

    Garden egg stew or sauce is a special type of stew cooked with either green or white garden egg and it’s mostly accompanied with boiled yam and plantain. Garden egg stew is cooked differently in every household. It is easy to make and you can cook it with any protein of choice.

    how to cook garden egg syew

    I used aubergine as a substitute to garden egg, as it is the closest thing I could get (don’t worry, no scam here they are blood brothers). This garden egg stew or should I say aubergine sauce was cooked with mincemeat and it tasted divine. Garden egg sauce is also called yam sauce in Nigeria.

    garden egg stew in a white and black ramekin

    Ingredients

    Serves: 4 people

    1 large aubergine (substitute with 6-10 garden eggs)

    2 small onions

    1 green bell pepper

    1 red bell pepper

    1-2 scotch bonnet chillies

    Salt

    Seasoning

    ½ tsp Curry and thyme (optional)

    ⅓ cup vegetable oil (use more if desired)

    250g mincemeat (substitute with any protein of choice)

    ¼ cup passata, to aid blending the bell peppers (substitute with 1-2 fresh tomatoes)

    how to cook garden egg stew

    How to make garden egg stew (yam sauce)

    Blend all the peppers and 1 onion in the blender with little water coarsely, empty in a pan and bring to boil till water almost dries out

    pepper mix in a blender and pepper mix in a pan simmering

    Chop aubergine/garden egg into chunks, add to a pan and place on medium heat, boil for 3-5 minutes. Strain, leave to cool and peel off the skin and set aside

    egg plant

    On medium heat, add 2 tbsp vegetable oil to a wok, add chopped onions and sauté till soft add mince meat, curry and thyme if using and stir together till brown.

    Add boiled pepper to the mincemeat and combine well together. followed by the rest of the vegetable oil, add little water if need be.

    Add salt and seasoning to taste

    When sauce is almost cooked and it is well seasoned as you would want, add aubergine/garden egg to sauce, combine well and cook for another 3-5 minutes. Take if off the heat and serve with boiled yam or plantain just like I did

    mince cooked in tomato sauce

    garden egg stew

    Notes: this sauce can be made well ahead of time and can be stored in the fridge for up to 2 days. It is a good sauce of protein and filled with nourishing vitamins too. This can also serve as Sahoor food for my Muslim readers; it is time effective, a slow energy releasing food that will keep you feeling full for hours.

    Tips: use your leftover garden egg stew for pie filling. Honestly, on foodies honour, it is very yummy and refreshing too.

    nigerian meat pie

    If you made this garden egg stew (yam sauce), don’t forget to leave me feedback. Tag me on instagram and save away to your pinterest

    Enjoy.xxx

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    Comments

    1. Funto says

      November 06, 2015 at 10:58 pm

      i am so glad i stumbled on this blog. this will help with incorporating new dishes to my husband and picky toddler. i am defiinitely making this sauce tomorrow with yam for breakfast. please are you located in the U.S? have you thought about selling jars of your ewa agoyin sauce and sweet chilli sauce?

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        November 07, 2015 at 1:14 am

        Aww you are too kind Funto, thanks for the kind words. I have plan to sell the condiments in the nearest future God willing. I live in the UK and thanks for stopping by. I'm going to sleep a happy girl tonight and do enjoy garden egg and mince sauce

        Reply
    2. Funke says

      June 23, 2015 at 12:07 am

      Thanks for this recipe, I never thought to cook my aubergine this way and thanks for tips on putting the leftover to good use.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        June 28, 2015 at 6:13 pm

        You are welcome Funke the pie was a hit at mine, you should try it too.

        Reply
    3. Sisi Jemimah says

      June 22, 2015 at 1:26 pm

      This looks really yummy. I got white garden eggs from a local Asian store the other day. Made a similar sauce but was eaten with yam. I'll try aubergines soon.,..

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        June 22, 2015 at 5:51 pm

        I can't wait to see your own version sis. Thanks for stopping by. X

        Reply

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