Egusi and bitterleaf soup
Egusi and bitterleaf soup

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Egusi Soup Recipe: How To Cook Egusi Soup with Bitter leaf & Spinach. How to make Nigerian Egusi soup Party Style Egusi Soup from start to finish.

Egusi and bitterleaf soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Egusi and bitterleaf soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook egusi and bitterleaf soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi and bitterleaf soup:
  1. Get Melon(egusi)
  2. Make ready Washed Bitterleaf (ewuro)
  3. Prepare Soft Ponmo
  4. Take Shredded smoked fish
  5. Make ready Beef
  6. Make ready Meat stock
  7. Get Locust bean (iru)
  8. Take Onions
  9. Prepare cubes Seasoning
  10. Take Salt
  11. Get Thyme
  12. Get Palm oil

Ingredients for the Egusi Soup (a.k.a Ofe. Not is it common but also highly nutritional because of the presence of the bitter leaf. Here is how to cook egusi soup with bitter leaf. Pepper is yet another useful ingredient in preparing egusi soup, it gives it that peppery taste, and makes the soup sharper in taste.

Steps to make Egusi and bitterleaf soup:
  1. In a pot, add ur beef, some onions, seasonings and little water. Leave to boil till soft.
  2. In another pot, add ur palm oil and onions, fry for 20sec. Add the locust bean and fry for few seconds as well… The aroma is so satisfying 😍
  3. In a small bowl, pour in the melon and mix with lukewarm water. The mixture should be thick. Start adding to ur palm oil as if u are frying akara😀. This should be done on very low heat. After few seconds mix the melon with the palm oil properly and leave to fry for another minute.
  4. Add in ur pepper(roughly blended or chopped), then ur meat stock. Cover to boil for 2 mins and add in ur orisirisi i e ur meat, and the likes with seasoning and little salt. Cover to cook for about 15-25 mins on medium heat.
  5. When the water in almost dried up,add in ur washed bitterleaf (easiest way of washing is to boil for roughly 5 mins and rinse. This will reduce the bitterness a lot). Leave to cook for another 10mins.Check for taste and adjust where necessary Ur tasty soup is ready.
  6. Serve with any swallow of ur choice. Enjoy👌.

I call it sweet-bitter leaf because I can't stand that bitter taste so I ensure it is all squeezed out until the sweet taste comes out of the veggies, sometimes like SOFTENING EGUSI SOUP WITH OGBONO For people like me who like this soup a bit slimy, just grind like. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Egusi soup is a popular West African soup. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.

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