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Hello fellow Steemians. Hope you're doing great. Cooking is something I like doing and I'll be sharing with you how to cook fresh and delicious bitterleaf soup, also known as Egusi soup. So sit back, and let's get this done.

Look of my bitterleaf soup

First, we'll look at the ingredients we need for the preparation of the soup.

Ingredients
Palm oil
Crayfish
Pepper
Salt
Maggi
Melon
Fish
Stock fish
Beef
Cowskin
Also,
Your bitterleaf and Waterleaves should be available.

To start with, I'll need a grater to wash my bitterleaf which is the longest process in fixing this soup. This is to minimize, but not totally eliminate the bitterness from the leaves. I like it this way, but some people prefer to wash off all the bitterness which has little or no health benefits left in the soup.
Again, a number of people also prefer to pound the leaves using their mortar and pestle, but so as not to make it have a black look after pounding in the name of washing the leaves, I like to grate it.
I will change the water for about 3-4times to make sure it's well washed.
When I'm through with this, I'll cut my Waterleaves that will also be needed in the latter process.

Waterleaves

Next is to steam my beef, cowskin and stockfish to soften it. While steaming the water hear to be enough to cook the soup as I won't be adding another water.

When everything is soft enough, I will pour in my already cut waterleaves and pour in the palm oil.
After 3-5mins when it starts boiling, I can put my ingredients and stir, before adding my melon.

I'll then cover my pot and leave it for 5 mins to cook before putting my fish, since I don't like overcooked fish, and cover it again for another 3mins.
The final stage is where I'll put my bitterleaf which I'd first have to slice it on my chopping board to have it in tiny bits. After putting my bitterleaf, I'll bring it down and stir before dishing out.

You can have this with garri, fufu or semolina.

Egusi and garri

You can have this for lunch, or early dinner.
Bitterleaf has its nutritional values which can aid in lowering cancer risk and other benefits.
Hope you enjoyed reading through this post. Try this soup and you'll love it.
Thanks for reading.