Egusi Pepper Soup
Ingredients
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1 Cup Ground Egusi/melon (toasted and dry mill or blend
with water)
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The protein of choice (I used beef, ponmo/cow skin)
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¼ cup shredded dried fish (soaked in hot water and salt)
·
5 pieces Ehuru /calabash nutmeg
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1 Tablespoon Uziza seed
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3 Uda pods
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5 Habanero/rodo (adjust to your level tolerance; chopped)
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2 Teaspoons pepper flakes and ground pepper/ata gigun (each)
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1 Tablespoon Ground crayfish
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Seasoning powder/cube
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Salt to taste
Instructions
1. Gather your ingredients and set
aside, toast your melon and dry mill or blend with a small quantity of water.
2. Clean the meat, boil with
onion, seasoning powder and salt. Add water depending on how tough the meat is
and cook until tender. If you’re using different parts of the meat cook the
toughest first, then add the not too tough later.
3. Add the ponmo and clean
shredded dried fish if you’re using and continue to cook.
4. While the meat is cooking blend
the spices (uda, uziza, ehuru) in a dry ill and sieve if it’s necessary and
remove any whole spice that didn’t blend. Clean the pepper and chop them then
set aside. If you don't have ehuru, uziza, uda pod you can use pepper
soup mix depending on the quantity you're cooking. For this, a tablespoon of
pepper soup mix is good.
5. Add rodo/peppers, crayfish,
spices, about 2 cups of water (don't add too much of the proteins you're
using is small and vice versa), stir and continue to cook for about 10
minutes.
6. In a bowl, mix the melon with
water you don’t want it too watery. Mix until smooth then add to the meat
mixture. Cook further until the melon (egusi) is fully cooked. Add more water
if you need to because you don’t want it thick or too watery
7. Check the seasoning and
readjust if necessary. If you like vegetables/herbs in your egusi pepper soup
you can add it at the stage and cook for about 2 more minutes, I like it plain
so I didn't add any. Good options to add are any of these scent leaves, basil,
spinach, okazi, ugwu, and many more.
8. Serve with your favorite side
dish and enjoy.
9. You can also enjoy it as it is.
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