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Eru

Traditional dish from Cameroon

Street Food

About Eru

Cameroonian eru–based soup

Eru is a vegetable from Cameroon. It is a specialty of the Bayangi people, of the Manyu departement in southwestern Cameroon. It is vegetable soup made up of finely shredded leaves of the eru or okok. The eru is cooked with waterleaf or spinach, palm oil, crayfish, and either smoked fish, cow skin (kanda) or beef.

Dietary Information

✓ Popular street food
Traditional Cameroon cuisine

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