Efo elegusi
Efo Elegusi follows all the same steps and same ingredients as Melon soup, the additional ingredients for your efo elegusi is pretty much your vegetables you have a wide range of options in terms of vegetables, l usually stick to either spinach or collard green.
For efo elegusi ,collard green will work better because spinach tend to get very soft, while the collard green tend to retain it’s texture.
Directions
-Slice your collard green into small pieces
-wash your sliced collard green under running water, strain and set aside.
– Refer back to the step from egusi soup where you add your meat, stockfish, dry fish, crayfish, dry pepper.
– Add in your collard green at this point and continue to fold it in until well incorporated
-Reduce your heat to low
– Steam for 10 mins
Melon soup (egusi )
Ingredients:
Melon seeds/Egusi (ground)
Stock fish
Dry fish
Cow or goat meat
Palm oil
Crayfish
Dry pepper
Onions, ginger, garlic, seasoning cubes.
Directions/ preparations:
Transfer your goat meat from the pot to a bowl and set aside. Add your stock fish in hot water for one hour , blend your crayfish, peppers, ginger, onions and set aside
Wash and season and cook your goat meat until it’s well done.
In a bowl, mix your egusi/ melon seed with water to form a paste and set aside.
With your heat on medium, add (5) cooking spoons palm oil into your deep pot.
When your oil heats up and melts, add your melon mixture, add blended onions, ginger and garlic, seasoning cubes
- Continue to stir at intervals
- Add your meat stock, stock fish, dry fish, meat, crayfish, dry peppers.
- Cover and allow to cook for 25 mins with medium low heat. Stir constantly, add water as needed in small quantities
- Perform the taste, add any additional condiments
- Continue to stir, once ready, turn off your stove and allow to cook.
- Serve and enjoy.
