Hello everyone, i trust you all are doing great. It's a pleasure to be here once again and to share with you all how i prepared my vegan friendly egusi soup. Egusi is a west Africa melon š seed, it is in the same family as watermelon.
These are the ingredients used;
š§¶ 3 cups of egusi
š§¶ 1 and half cups of palm oil ( red oil )
š§¶ 1 large onion
š§¶ Fresh pepper
š§¶ 3 bunches of pumpkin leaves
š§¶ 1 tablespoon of salt to taste
š§¶ Water
Procedure;
Firstly, i will start by cutting my pumpkin leaves into tiny strips, chopping my onion, blending my pepper and my already grinded dry egusi ( melon ).
I will heat up water with my kettle a little to dissolve the grinded melon with my wooden stick.
I will now pour in my blended pepper inside the dissolved melon and mix very well.
Add some some warm water enough to form a paste, not too thick or runny, but also milky. I know some persons like it thicker, it depends on personal preference.
Wow... This is the consistency i want.
On a medium heat, i Will put my pot on fire then add 1 cup of warm water inside the pot as well
And i add my red oil to the 1 cup of warm water inside my pot and heat up slightly.
I add my chopped onion and fry for a second.
Grap the egusi puree and scoop into the pot. Once the egusi is all in the pot, do not stir or mix things around, cover the pot and leave it cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, this is exact what it look like.
I gently use my wooden stick to break the egusi lumps.
I added little water and stirred.
I added salt then i stirred.
At this point i added enough water to achieve the right consistency that i want then alloww it to cook for 10 minutes.
10 minutes after, i uncover the pot and stir again.
Finally, i add my pumpkin leaves, i mix everything together to combine again. Then i will take off the heat immediately.
And my soup is ready!!!
Yum yum š
Thank you so much for your support...š
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