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Preparation of Ogbono and Egusi Soup.

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Combination of Ogbono and egusi soup is in one soup is our favourite in my family. The Ogbono seed help the food to be drawing and thicken. This soup has a lot of nutritional and health value.

Check the ingredients that i used and how i prepared the meal.

Ingredients.

• 2 cups of Ogbono
• 7 pieces of Fresh Pepper
• 2 Seasoning cubes(maggi & know)
• 1 cup of dried Crayfish
• Salt
• Okazi leaf
• A cup of Palm Oil
• 3 small Onions
• Stockfish
• Periwinkle
• 1 cup of Egusi: melon seed
• Dried fish
• meat

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Preparation

These are the following first steps to apply.

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• Things to grind; Ogbono, Egusi and Crayfish

• Pound the fresh pepper with the aid of mortal and pestle. Remove and put it in a plate to make up space to pound other things needed to be pounded.

^{me while pounding the fresh pepper}

• Wash your stock fish and dried fish with hot water.

• wash your meat properly.

• Slice one of the Onions.

• Wash your unshelled periwinkle properly.

• Since I bought sliced Okazi leaf from the market, I used the mortal and pestle to pound it. Some people don't pound it. Is based on your choice.

These are the second steps to apply.

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• put the washed stock fish and meat in the cooking pot and add the sliced onion, 1 seasoning cube(maggi), small amount of pounded fresh pepper, and a bit of salt in to the cooking pot to enhance the tasty of the meat and stockfish. Do not add much water on it, just add a little and Make sure everything is properly mixed. Then place on a gas cooker for heating for 15 minutes.

• Add the dried fish after 15 minutes and allow to boil till the water is nigh to dried up, then add at least 1 litre of water based on your choice, but since my ingredients is not that big I added 1 litre and cook till the meat is properly done.

• When the meat is properly done, put both the meat, stockfish, dried fish and the remaining water in the pot in a bowl in order to free up the cooking pot.

• After freeing the pot, make sure the pot is well dried before placing it on a gas cooker, then add Palm oil into the pot.

^{when added palm oil into the dried pot}

and add the grind Ogbono to the oil and use your spoon to turn it so it will dissolve.

^{when added Ogbono}

• Add small amount of water on it, then add your egusi and use your spoon and turn it to mix properly.

^{me while turning the soup after adding egusi}

At this stage the soup will be very thick, all you need to do is to add water on it until you achieve your desired choice.

Add your meat, dried fish and stockfish.

^{when added stockfish, meat and dried fish}

you can also add chopped onions, 1 seasoning cube, salt, crayfish and pepper.

^{while the soup is boiling}

• Taste to access the pepper, salt and seasoning content if not enough add more till you get your desired taste, add your unshelled periwinkle and Allow to cook for 4 minutes.

• Add the pounded Okazi leaf turn it to mix properly and allow to cook for at least 3 minutes.
  
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Then turn off your gas cooker. Your Ogbono and egusi soup is ready to ingest.

I really appreciate your time spent on this post. Thanks for reading through.

@armstrongdiho kind regards .