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90 min cook time
4 servings
hard
4.9
A rich, hearty Nigerian soup made with ground melon seeds, leafy greens and assorted proteins.
Ingredients
for 4 servings
- Ground egusi (melon seeds)2 cups
- Palm oil½ cup
- Beef or assorted meat500 g
- Stockfish200 g, soaked overnight
- Smoked fish200 g
- Crayfish powder2 tbsp
- Onions1 large
- Scotch bonnet chilli2
- Bitter leaf or spinach2 cups
- Bouillon cubes2
- Saltto taste
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- 1
Cook the beef with onion, bouillon cube, salt and scotch bonnet until tender. Reserve the stock.
- 2
Soak the stockfish, pick out the bones and flake.
- 3
Heat the palm oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- 4
Blend the egusi seeds with a little water into a paste.
- 5
Fry the egusi paste in the hot oil for 10–15 minutes until golden.
- 6
Add half the meat stock and stir. Cook for 5 minutes.
- 7
Add the cooked beef, stockfish and smoked fish.
- 8
Add crayfish powder, bouillon cube, remaining stock. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- 9
Add the bitter leaf (or spinach). Cook for 5–7 minutes.
- 10
Serve with pounded yam, fufu or eba.
