Gbegiri soup is also known as Beans soup. Gbegiri soup is a yourba soup prepared with beans on it's own, it goes only with Ewedu soup with meat 馃崠 from goat 馃悙 or your kind of meat 馃崠 stew.
THE INGREDIENTS USED IN MAKING GBEGIRI SOUP ARE:- * 150g of beans
- A smoked fish
- A spoonful of grounded cray fish
- A cooking spoon palm oil
- Pepper and salt to taste.
BEFORE YOU COOK GBEGIRI SOUP
*Ensure you have your meat 馃崠 stew ready.
*Remove the beans coat and soak the beans in a warm water 馃挧 for about 45 minutes so that the beans would be soft, so as to reduce the cooking time.
*Prepare the ingredients like pepper and the crest fish.
COOKING DIRECTIONS
*Put the peeled beans into the pot and pour water 馃挧 that will cover the beans into the pot and start cooking.
*When the beans is cooking, you should start preparing the Ewedu soup which will be use with the gbegiri soup.
*You should cook the beans till they come soft that it will practically melts when you mash it with your fingers, and this will take about 1 hour, and you will need to be topping the water 馃挧 from time to time.
*Mash the very soft beans with a blender or a potato masher for a very smooth consistency.
*When you are satisfy with the smoothness of the beans add the smoked fishes, salt, pepper, crayfish, stock cube and palm oil.
*Cover and cook the soup for some minutes till the oil blends in with it.
*Stir so it does not burn.
Then the soup is done.
Then you dish the soup with Ewedu soup add the stew and your meat 馃崠. You can eat with Amala or any other.
I preferred it with Amala (Yam flour). Try this out and you will see that the very taste of this soup will change your taste buds.