Egusi with bitter leaf is a delicious Igbo soup made with melon seeds and enriched with spices and bitter leaf vegetable and served with a choice of pounded yam or Garri
Ingredients
3 medium cups Egusi Seeds(Melon seeds)
Assorted meat
Assorted dry fish of choice
Dried shrimp or crayfish
Red Palm Oil: 2 cooking/serving spoons
Bitter leaf
2 seasoning cubes
Pepper
Salt
Preparartion
Boil the assorted meat and fish with chopped onions, one seasoning cube and salt to taste.
Cook until tender and set aside for later use.
Clean the dried shrimp or crayfish.
Grind the shrimp or crayfish.
Grind the Egusi seeds until smooth
Wash the already squeezed bitter leaf
How to cook the soup:
Heat up palm oil for 5 minutes
Fry diced onions and the egusi in the palm oil for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly
Add water and add the cooked meat and fish
Simmer for 10 minutes
Add the ground dry shrimps(or crayfish), ground pepper and seasoning cubes.
Simmer for 15 minutes.
Add the sliced bitter leaf
Simmer for 10 minutes and the soup is ready
