Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Ewedu and Egusi Soup
Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Ewedu and Egusi Soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Ewedu and Egusi Soup. The result of this soup was so amazing that the pot was practically wiped out a few minutes after the pot came off the fire. I nailed this one, if I do say so my self. Transfer back to the pot and add the ground crayfish, maggi, salt and pepper to taste.
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Ewedu soup is a simple Nigerian dish made with ewedu leaves (also known as jute or molokhia leaves) as the key ingredient.
The leaves are typically simmered in boiling water with ingredients such as egusi (ground African melon seeds), ground crayfish, bouillon cubes, kaun (potash), and irú (locust beans).
You can have Ewedu and Egusi Soup using 10 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Ewedu and Egusi Soup
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You need 500 g of Chopped Ewedu.
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You need of Grind Egusi 1cksp.
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Prepare of Palm Oil 2cksp.
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It’s of Ogiri Okpei.
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It’s of Seasoning Cube 2.
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Prepare of Beef.
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It’s of Cow Skin(ponmo).
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Prepare of Pepper.
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You need of Salt1tsp.
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It’s of Ground Crayfish 1cksp.
Traditionally, the soup is pounded using a special soup broom called ljabe until a semi.
Ewedu soup is normally served with Omi obe and Amala or any fufu of your choice.
Drop in small balls of egusi paste into the boiling ewedu soup, do not stir.
How to make Ewedu Soup (With Blender)This method is with the use of a blender.
Ewedu and Egusi Soup instructions
- Wash beef and ponmo well,season without salt and marinate for 1hr,add little salt,cook with little water,when tender and water is almost dry,add more water as desired,bring to boil,add palm oil,melt okpei with water,add with others except ewedu,boil for 7mins,taste to adjust with salt,add ewedu,stir(dont cover)cook for 1min,turn off heat,enjoy with fav morsel.
You also don't need potash for this method.
Here's how to make Ewedu soup with the help of a blender;Blender Ewedu Soup.
Ewedu soup is very easy to prepare and gone are the days when we worked our arms tirelessly to puree Ewedu soup with an Ewedu broom (Ijabe), now, we just take the easier route of blending with a hand blender or jug blender, this purées the leaves even better than using the popular broom.
The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways.
It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba.
