Nigerian Soups

Egusi Pepper soup

Una doooh( that’s  saying hello in pidgin english in the Delta area of Nigeria)Today’s soup offering is from Urhobo and its called  Iribo Eralie ikpogriri. See why I partly Anglo-sized it for us?. Nigerian soup but without the addition of palm oil, Egusi Pepper soup . Some things are just interesting to eat when you are in a traditional setting , You are kidding me? It is for real and trust me I have fully tested this on my volunteer tasters and they gave their nod and took second helpings. But wait a minute it is not completely  oil free though , you have oil coming from the Egusi and some from the goat meat I used. I had to emphasize this in case you were looking for oil free soup. I understand you can use chicken or just smoked fish.
As always I will bring that extra thing to my version, a few sprinkles of sliced Uziza leaf to lift the soup to another level. Enjoy my Egusi Pepper soup with pounded yam.

Recipe for Egusi Pepper soup

Ingredients
8 pieces of Goat meat
Handful smoked Fish
1/2 cup Egusi( roasted and ground)
4 fingers Okro ( chopped in large chunks)
1 teaspoon Peppersoup spice ( Uda, Ehuru,and Uziza seed )
1 table spoon ground crayfish
Dry Pepper to taste
1 yellow Pepper ( chopped)
Beef Seasoning to taste

Method
1, Wash, season meat with salt, pepper, seasoning and steam till almost soft and add the dry fish , crayfish , seasoing, more dry pepper if needed and the Peppersoup spices. You can buy your spice in the shop or market but I prefer to make my combination of 2 pieces of Uda , crushed and deseed but not ground+ 3 pieces of Ehuru( African nut meg, ground+1/2 teaspoon Uziza seeds,ground.
2, Add about 1 1/2 cups of water to the little meat stock and continue cooking for about 5 minutes
3, Add a little warm water to the Egusi, make a paste and add to the pot stirring quickly so it does not form lumps. Allow to cook for about 5 minutes for the soup to thicken. The consistency is like Ofe Nsala or Banga,kind of semi runny.
4, Add the Okro and sprinkle on the Uziza leaf and cook for 3 minutes and soup is ready!
5, Serve with pounded yam.

egusi smoked fish

Uda

uziza

 

egusi and okro

egusi peppersoup with pounded yam

egusi peppersoup

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