How To Prepare Egusi (Melon Soup)

EGUSI SOUP

Ingredients

2pt stock or water

300g ground egusi

500g lib fresh tomatoes

250g fresh peppers

2 large onion

teaspoons iru

4 tablespoon ground crayfish

500g.llb fresh bitter leaf (washed to remove bitterness)

250g fresh beef chucks

500g bushmeat

500g stockfish (pre-soaked)

500g smoked dry fish

250g oxtail

250g cleaned tripe

salt to taste

Cooking Instruction

Clean and Wash thoroughly the beef oxtail bushmeat and tripe. Place a large pot with sliced onions season with salt add a drop of water or stock and cook for 30 minutes or until tender.

Add the washed dry fish and stockfish and cook for another 10 minutes. When cooked mm into a large clean bowl. Wipe out the pot and place back on heat. Pour the oil into the pot when hot add the ground tomatoes onions and peppers and fry for 10 minutes. Add the ground egusi and iru stirring thoroughly and cook for 5 minutes. Finally add cooked meats washed bitter leaf Crayfish and the stock. Allow to boil then simmer for 15 minutes. Serve hot with amala, akpu or eba