Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, ogbono and egusi soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This delicious Igbo Soup is going extinct. I remember in those days that my grandma prepared this soup for us. It is very easy in the mouth.
Ogbono and Egusi soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Ogbono and Egusi soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ogbono and egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ogbono and Egusi soup:
- Get 1 kg Beef
- Make ready 500 g dried fish
- Get 1 cup Egusi
- Prepare 1/2 cup Ogbono
- Prepare 1/2 cup dried crayfish
- Get 2 small onions
- Prepare 1 cup Palm oil
- Prepare 4-6 Dried Cameroon peppers
- Make ready 2-3 handfuls washed bitterleaf
- Get 3 Seasoning cubes
- Get to taste Salt
The proper name for 'Egusi' is 'Egwusi' and that is the way the Igbo people pronounce it. Who told you that Okro and Egusi are yoruba soups? Please don't come up here claiming what you don't know. Because the soups are popular suddenly makes.
Instructions to make Ogbono and Egusi soup:
- Grind your egusi together with the ogbono, crayfish, and pepper. - Wash your meat with salt and warm water - Wash your fish with hot water and salt - Cut one of the onions into 4 and chop the other one.
- Put your meat in a pot; add the chopped onion, 2 Seasoning cubes and salt. Do not add any water. Mix everything together and cook over low-medium heat for 15 mins.
- After 15 mins, add your fish and continue cooking till the water is almost dried up, then add 1 litre of water and cook till the meat is done.
- While the meat is cooking, get a dry pan, add your oil and the quartered onion; cover and leave till the onion starts to caramelize. Take out the onion and turn off the heat (the onion is just to flavour the oil… you can blend it and add it to the soup or use it for something else). Next, add your ground egusi and ogbono mixture to the oil and use a spoon to dissolve any lumps.
- Once your meat and fish are done, add the egusi and ogbono mixture to the pot and mix properly. The soup will be very thick at this point, you can now add water gradually till you achieve your desired consistency. Add one Seasoning cube, and cook for 5-10 minutes.
- Check for seasoning and adjust to suit your taste, add your bitterleaf and turn off the heat after a further 5 mins. Your ogbono and Egusi soup is ready!
Ogbono Soup - Here is my simple recipe for making Ogbono stew which is often referred to as obe apon in the Yoruba speaking area of Nigeria. Ogbono soup gets thicker as it stays so if you plan on not serving this immediately, you can add a little more extra stock or water. Ogbono soup (draw soup) is one of the most popular soups in Nigeria. Here, you will learn how to make this delicious soup and why it falls into the list of You will also find a video on making Nigerian Ogbono (ogbolo) soup at the bottom of this page. While searching the web I have learned that there.
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