Food challenge contest week #75|| For kids and parents|| How to cook Egusi soup

Introduction

Good day steemians, how are you all doing this moment? Today I want to share another wonderful meal with you guys and am sure all of you will all want to try it at home. I thank @steemkidss for creating this contest.

The meal

The name of this meal is known as Egusi soup and that's the major soup for the Igbos in my country Nigeria. They love this soup alot and they normally cook it whenever they are hosting parties.

Ingredients of this meal

To prepare this meal, only few ingredients are required and they all contribute to the nutrients of the meal. They are;

1. Meat (Goat or Cow meat)
2. Onions
3. Pepper
4. Crayfish and fresh fish
5. Water
6. Palm oil
7. Periwinkle
8. Melon
9. Maggi
10. Bitter leaf
11. Cow skin (kpomo)
12. Salt and so many others.

Steps in preparing this meal

The few steps in preparing this meal are easy and short, it wouldn't take time. They are known as 👇

Step 1

Set your pot on fire. Add your palm oil, onions, tomatoes and fresh pepper.

After doing so, stir.

Step 2

Add your melon and stir properly.

Allow it to boil for some minutes.

Step 3

Add your meat and also your meat stock.

After that you add your bitter leaf and stir thoroughly.

Step 4

Add your crayfish and then little water. This is very important.

After that you add your fresh ice fish.

Step 5

Add salt and maggi to the soup.

Stir gently to prevent the ice fish from scattering.

Step 6

Taste the soup for salt to confirm if the salt isn't balanced.

Then you cover the pot and allow it to boil for some minutes. This meal can be eaten with fufu and eba

Conclusion

I hope you guys had a great time. I will also share another food next week. if you have any question please let me know in the comment section. I invite @chant, @deepak94 and @m-fdo to participate in this contest. Bye.