Description
Ewedu leaves are also known as Jute or Molokhia leave and It is used as a vegetable and quite popular in Middle east, North and east African countries and used for Egyptian, hatian, Kenyan and many other cuisines.
In west Africa, Sierra Leone called it kren-kre (krain krain or crain crain), and is eaten in a palm oil sauce served with rice or cassava fufu (a traditional food made from cassava), or else is steamed and mixed into rice just before eating a non-palm oil sauce.In Liberia it is called palaver sauce, and is served with rice or fufu. In The Gambia it is referred to as kereng-kereng and is typically used to make supakanja (a dish mostly served on Saturdays and made with okra, red palm oil, fish and meat).
Popular among the Yorubas in south-west Nigeria it is called ewedu and typically served with cooked yam flour (amala), it is aslo believed to be highly nutritious and has been proven to aid weight loss.