My Favourite Food

I can't not talk or write about favourite food if I don't mention Egusi soup.
Egusi known as melon to some persons is a well known eastern Nigerian meal. It is a soup that allows you to be creative in your cooking. There are many ways you get to prepare it and their are many ingredients that you can also add to it to give you a distinctive taste just the way you want it and it is also very easy to prepare.

How to Prepare Egusi soup.

For the purpose of this post, I prepared my own Egusi soup with tomatoes.

Ingredients

• Egusi- 2 cups
• Tomatoes
• Meat
• Stockfish
• Onions
• Pepper
• Salt to taste
• Seasoning cubes
• Palm oil

Preparation Steps

• First wash your meat and stockfish and put in a pot to cook.
  

• Pour some water to your grinded Egusi and allow it to absorb the water.
  

• Pick your pumpkim leaves, cut to small pieces and keep aside.
  

• Pour out the stock to a dry plate to free the pot or get a dry pot, then pour oil. Add a little salt and leave the oil for 30 seconds then pour in your onions and tomatoes. Fry until the content in the pot is dry of tomatoes water.
  

• Scoop your soaked Egusi into the pot and mix with the tomatoes. Then fry together, be careful for Egusi is known to burn easily.
  
• Stir properly untill a dough is formed
  
• Put in your crayfish, pepper and seasoning cubes and mix properly with the Egusi and tomatoes.
• Pour in the stocks into the pot, add a 1/2 spoon of salt if there is no taste but be careful not to oversalt the food. Stir and mix well. Allow the mixtures to boil properly.
• Add the vegatables and boil for 2 minutes. Your soup is ready.

• Serve with garri or any swallow of your choice.

How I do feel when enjoying my favourite meal.

You know that feeling you get when a chocolate touches your taste buds, it is not different for me. I am always estatic when I presented with this soup.
It is a soup that I take at least twice every week, because it gives me a chance to change my diet and meal intakes. Egusi soup is not one you take everyday, you give it a space and introduce yourself to it again. It can be cooked alone or mixed with Ogbono, Tomatoes, Achievement, osh etc. When you are done Preparing, you can have your meal with either Garri, Pounded Yam, Semovita or Wheat.

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