How I prepared a delicious melon soup with bitterleaf.. (egusi soup) in our dialect for dinner.
Good evening foodies bee hive friends, its been a stressful long sunny day but i thank God for a day well spent. I trust you all are good 馃槉.
I prepared a Nigerian homemade soup precisely from IGBO tribe here in Nigeria. A delicious melon and bitterleaf (egusi) soup with lots of love and goodies 馃構. Below are the ingredients and steps in preparing it
Ingredients:
Blended Melon seeds (egusi) 1and half cup
Bitterleaf(olugbo)
Dry pepper 1 and half teaspoon
1 cup of red oil
Crayfish
2 teaspoon of salt
2 seasoning cube
Meat 2kilo
Dry fish 3pcs
Achi
2 and half cups of water and the meat stock
Step1:
I washed the meat twice with hot water to remove blood clots on the meat then rinse it with warm water then put it in a cooking pot along with the dry fish and season it before steaming for 10minutes
Step2:
When im done steaming the meat, i kept it aside, dry my pot to start cooking, i love to fry my melon so i added my red oil, then pour the bkended melon to it and fry for some minutes, i stirred continuously before adding a small quantity of my meat stock to avoid the melon to burn and I continued frying
Step3:
Next is to add the remaining meat stock along with the meat and stirred it up for some seconds before adding my seasonal cube, crayfish, pepper, salt
Step4:
I noticed that it was too thick so I added 2and half cups of water because my dad doesn't like a tvery thicker soup, then stirred up very well and covered the pot for it to boil for 4 minutes
Step5:
Finally, i added my vegetable which is bitterleaf, i allowed it to cook for 2minutes before bringing it down
Yes oo, my yummy 馃構 bitterleaf melon soup is ever ready to dish out
It can be served with semovita, wheat flour, pounded yam, or any other swallow of your choice馃.
It's time for me to eat and enjoy my dinner and you can tell that it is head slapping sweet and good 馃槉
I'm so happy to share my local delicacy in this amazing 馃槏 community that promotes good and healthy foods.
Yours truly,
