Egusi Soup, the Life of the Party

In the southern areas of Nigeria, Egusi soup is a ‘MUST’ for party throwers because you can eat it with a lot of dishes.

 

Ingredients:

• 8oz of fresh beef Chunks
• 500g Bush meat
• 500g Stockfish pre-soaked
• 500g Smoked dry fish
• 8oz Palm oil
• 250g  Cleaned Stripe
• 8oz Smoked Awo Chicken
• 20g Grounded Sawa
• 300g Ground Egusi
• 1 Large Onion
• 200g Fresh Pepper
• 500g Tomatoes
• 500g Vegetable (Fresh Bitter leaf-washed to remove excessive bitterness)
• Salt
• 2litres Water
• 4 Cubes Beef   Stock
• 1 tablespoon - Iru (Locust Beans)
• 2 tablespoonful - All Purposed Seasoning
• 2 Cloves - Garlic

 Method:

• Wash the beef, bush meat, stripe, thoroughly
• Place a pot on the cooker and put the meat in it, and season it by: adding sliced onion, salt to taste, garlic, all purpose seasoning, and 1 litre of water, and then cover to cook until tender.
• Wash the dry fish, awo chicken, and stockfish, and washed dry fish and cook for 10 minutes. Add 3 cubes of beef stock
• Ground the pepper, tomatoes and the onion together and pour into a clean bowl.
• Wash the pot and put it back on the cooker, let it dry up and pour the palm oil in it when it’s hot
• Add the grounded pepper, tomatoes and onion and let them cook for 10minutes.
• Mix the grounded egusi with a bit of the grounded sawa and a  pinch of salt. Kneed it properly like dough, cut it bit by bit into the cooking pepper.
• Add Iru (locust beans) stirring thoroughly and cook for 5mins
• Finally, add all the cooked meat and add ½ litre of water. Add the washed vegetable (optional) bitter leaf, tete, soko   spinach etc.
• Add the rest of the grounded sawa, and allow it to cook for 10minutes.
• Check for taste and adjust if necessary.
• Serve hot with any stiff puddings. Pounded yam, Dodo. Semolina, Ground rice amala, etc

 Happy Cooking :)