Egusi Soup with Eba or Poundo Yam

Love me some Egusi soup... This is my best soup :D Here is a simple and short recipe on how to make it.

Ingredients for the Egusi Soup

Goat Meat or Cow leg, Cow tripe, Beef or any other meat of your choice

Dried fish (Eja Gbigbe), Crayfish

1 handful Locust beans (Iru); Optional

2 Medium Onions, Chopped

4 Scotch Bonnet Peppers or 2 Cameroun Peppers :p

2 Knorr cubes, or Maggi Cubes

Salt

2½ cups of water

Melon seed (Egusi), 2 cups

350g water leaf or ugwu or spinach

2 full cooking spoon palm oil

Preparing Egusi Soup

· Put the goat meat and rinsed dry fish to a pot and add an onion, 2 Knorr cubes and salt to taste. Add water and bring to a boil on high heat. Must not over-cook as goat meat has no shame (it easily gets tender). Leave to simmer.

· In a blender, blend the scotch bonnet peppers and onions, and then set aside in a small bowl.

· Next, blend the dried crayfish, locust beans and melon seed in a clean blender until a thick powdery mix is formed. Place in a bowl and set aside.

· If your choice of meat was cow leg or cow tripe (shaki), check the pot to see if the meat is tender. If tough, add more water to the pot until meat becomes tender.

· If your choice of meat is the goat meat, no need to wait. The next step is to add the blended pepper mix. Leave to cook 15 minutes.

· On medium heat, add the melon seed (Egusi) mix and cook for 30 minutes.

· Next, add the spinach, palm oil and Knorr cubes. Cover the pot and leave to cook for an extra 10-15 minutes.

· On the other hand, bring some water to a boil on high heat. Convert to medium heat, adding the yam flour and stirring it steadily, but gently to avoid lumps. Keep stirring until soft. If unnecessarily thick, add half cup of boiling water to it, cover for 2mins and then stir.

Now your Pounded Yam is ready to be served with sumptuous Egusi soup. Enjoy!!!

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