Gbegiri.
Ingredients for Gbegiri Soup:
1 cups Beans (white or brown)
Onions (2 balls)
Pepper
Palm oil
Seasoning (Knorr cube, salt etc.)
Fish/meat
Cooking directions:
-Soak beans in water for 3-5 mins and peel to remove skin
-Boil peeled beans with enough water until soft
-Boil assorted meat/fish till tender with seasoning and salt.
-Blend cooked beans in a blender for a smooth pure and set aside
-Place a cooking pan on a medium heat, add palm oil and heat for about 3 mins (don’t bleach oil)
-Stir beans in palm oil
-Add water if needed to achieve desired thickness
-Add assorted meat/fish and pepper, stir.
-Reduce heat; leave to cook for about 10 mins
-Check in between to avoid soup from burning
Ingredients for making Ewedu Soup:
Ewedu leaves
Ijabe (Traditional broom whisk) or blender
Potash
Locust beans
Water
Salt to taste
Cooking direction:
-Pluck the ewedu leaves from the stem
-Rinse the plucked leaves in clean water; Set Aside.
-In a small pot, add the water and potash and leave to heat up
-Once the water starts to boil, add the ewedu leaves and leave to cook for about 7 mins
-Turn off the burner and mash with the broom. Alternatively, if you don’t have the broom, leave the boiled ewedu to cool a little then pour it into a blender and blend.
-Pour the ewedu back into the pot and turn the burner to the lowest.
-Add the salt, crayfish and locust beans.
-Leave it to simmer for 3-5 minus.
Serve Gbegiri with amala or your favorite African swallow. Enjoy…?
Credit: Owner.