Culinary Challenge: A Journey of Flavors by @rossnenye
Greetings to the amazing chefs in this Community. Today is another opportunity for me to showcase my cooking skills. For our Week3 Engagement challenge, " I will be showing you guys how to prepare a very nutritious Egusi soup. It is a very delicious soup eaten by mostly by Igbo tribe in my Country Nigeria. It is called Egusi in my native language and melon in English language. It is highly proteinous nature. Aside the fact that it is very easy to prepare, It is also naturally sweet and doesn't require much ingredients for it's preparation. This soup can be eaten with fufu, Garri or Semovita. In the section below, I will be listing the ingredients, procedure for preparation and the final outcome.
Selfie with my delicious Egusi soup
| Ingredients |
|---|
| S.No | Ingredients | Quantity | Amount in steem |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Egusi | 2 cups | 2 |
| 2. | Red oil | 3 spoons | 2 |
| 3. | Meat | 1/2 Kg | 3 |
| 4. | Pepper | 3pieces | 0.2 |
| 5. | Dry fish | 1 piece. | 1.4 |
| 6. | Seasoning cubes | 1 piece | 0.2 |
| 7. | Salt | To taste | Available |
| 8. | Onions. | 1 piece | 0.1 |
| 9. | crayfish. | As needed | 0.8 |
| 10. | Vegetable | As needed | 0.4 |
Ingredients for Egusi Soup
| Procedures |
|---|
Measure out the quantity Egusi you wish to prepare with the aid of a measuring cup.
With the aid of a dry blender or hand grinding machine grind it and set it aside. I grinded mine in the market because our manual blender is faulty.
Wash the meat and put it inside the pot.
I usually parboil the meat together with the dryfish.
Add salt, onions, seasoning cubes to the meat in order to give it a taste. Cook the meat until it's tender.
Add the Egusi to the mortar.
Add sliced onions to the Egusi and them together with the aid of a pestle.
What it looks like after pounding it.
After parboiling the meat, add enough water to cook the soup inside the cooking pot.
Allow the water to boil.
Add the Egusi to the pot and allow it to simmer.
Add blended crayfish, pepper and red oil.
Add salt and seasoning cubes to taste and allow the soup to simmer.
Stir the soup
Wash, slice and add your vegetables.
Taste for salt, then stir the soup and turn off the heat.
Your delicious Egusi soup is ready, you can eat it with any swallow of your choice.
My delicious Egusi soup
Thanks for reading through, I invite @akareen, @dorothy and @favbae to participate in this contest.
Saludos amiga
Que buena preparación, un plato muy diferente pero nutritivo.
Te deseo éxito en la participación
Thanks for your comment.
Hola gracias por compartirnos parte de la gastronomía de tu país, he visto en varias publicaciones la sopa Egusi y por los ingredientes que tiene es muy nutritiva, saludos.
Hi friend
You have shared your tradition recipe, that looks delicious. I noticed one thing all Nigerian food recipe had dryfish . Whats the reason od using it. Best of luck for the contest
We usually add dry fish to our meals because it gives our food unique taste. Thanks for your comment dear friend.
Hola amiga, puedo ver la cocina de tu pais tiene una forma muy particular de cocinar, eso es lo bueno de este tipo de concursos que te permite conocer acerca de la comida de cada pais. Saludos
Thanks for your comment dear friend, my Country Nigeria is blessed with so many traditional meals.
Hello dear @rossnenye hope your day is going well.Your Egusi soup looking absolutely delicious and nutritious.I love how you've explained each step so clearly. It's amazing to see how you're sharing this traditional dish from Nigeria. Can't wait to try making it myself😊🍲
Thanks for your comment dear friend, I can't wait for you to try this dish.
@rossnenye I appreciate how you have shared a traditional Nigerian recipe with clear steps and images. Its evident that you've put a lot of care and effort into preparing this nutritious dish
Thanks for your comment dear friend.