THE VERY BEST ISAPA ELEGUSI YOU CAN GET.
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INGREDIENTS
- Dry egusi (melon) seeds 1 cup (ground).
- Blended tomatoes and pepper 1 and half cups
- Stock fish (optional) 1 medium head.
- Crayfish (ground) 1 tablespoon
- Isapa(white zobo; picture above). one and half cups (cured and washed thoroughly).
- palm Oil(red oil) 1 cup.
- Goat or cow meat 500 gms.
- Locust beans (iru) 1 full tablespoon.
- seasoning cubes two cubes.
- Pomo 200 gms.
- Onion 1 small bulb
- Green vegetable (I prefer ugwu and water leaf) optional.
- salt to taste.
PREPARATION
1. Pour the ground egusi inside a plate, add a pinch of salt and chop half the onion inside the egusi. pour in little water and let it rest.
2. Wash the meat, pomo, stock fish and cook for fifteen minutes after adding salt, the rest of the onion and a seasoning cube. After this, remove from fire.
3. Pour palm oil inside a pot, set on fire(medium heat) and allow to heat to almost a clear point. After this, mix and add the egusi little by little just like you would do to akara (beancake). fry until it starts burning underneath (and yes dear, it will surely burn). when you notice this, reduce to low heat and pack the egusi into a plate trying as much as possible to leave the oil inside the pot.
4. After packing the egusi ( you can't pack everything so don't stress it), add the blended tomatoes and pepper inside the oil in the pot, add the ground crayfish, locust beans, the last seasoning cube and stir. Fry the tomatoes and peppers until the water reduces. At this time, add the cooked meats, pomo and stock fish. Also add some of the stock (meat water) to the fried pepper and let it cook for 10 mins.
5. After 10 minutes, add the Isapa and the egusi you packed. stir, taste and check the consistency. if its too thick (like I love it) you can add little of the stock remaining, stir and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. After five minutes, add the vegetables,taste for salt (add if need be), cook for one more minute and remove from fire.
7. Voila, your Isapa Elegusi soup is ready. You can eat it with any swallow, say pounded yam, semo, eba, Wheat e.t.c. And remember to comment, share your outcome on our social media pages and subscribe.
You didn't explain how to wash the isapa, shed more light on how to wash it. I want to know
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