Egusi with Dried Water leaves Soup

Name: Egusi with Dried Water leaves Soup
Yield: 4 persons
Ingredients: Assorted Beef; Stockfish; 2 Dried Fish; cow skin aka ponmo; 2 milk cups of Egwusi ground smoothly; 2 Cooking spoon full of Palm oil; 2 handful water leaf. picked washed and finely chopped; 1 Cooking spoonful of grinded crayfish; Periwinkles; Dried Shrimps; onions finely chopped; fresh yellow pepper pounded or grind; 1 tsp black pepper; Stock cubes (optional); to taste salt

Nd Beau @BeauCanCook

Ojodu, Ikeja , Lagos State

Am not particularly in love with Egwusi soup ( I have my special Preference) but Egwusi with Dried Water leaf soup holds a special spot in my heart because my Dad taught me how to make it.
The aroma, taste and texture is simply beyond description and this Harmattan season dried water leaves is easy to find or you can buy the water leaves and dry them easily at home for some hours..
This soup is just super easy, super delish and so good.

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Ingredients

50mins

4 persons

Assorted Beef
Stockfish
2 Dried Fish
cow skin aka ponmo
2 milk cups of Egwusi ground smoothly
2 Cooking spoon full of Palm oil
2 handful water leaf. picked washed and finely chopped
1 Cooking spoonful of grinded crayfish
Periwinkles
Dried Shrimps
onions finely chopped
fresh yellow pepper pounded or grind
1 tsp black pepper
Stock cubes (optional)
to taste salt

Cooking Instructions

1

Washed the meat with pomo and season with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, a bit of ginger and cook till tender.
2

Add stockfish and allow to cook till tender too... Add about a jug of water and allow to boil
3

Put the already grinded Eguwsi in a small mortal, add salt, onion and fresh pepper and pound till it starts to lump together and brings out oil
4

When the meat and stock fish boils, add the lumpy egwusi. with the two spoonfull of palm oil and allow to cook for about 10 mins before you stir the content..
5

After that throw in the washed Dried fish, periwinkles and Dried shrimps and stir cook for another 10mins. (You always need to allow the Egwusi cook properly)
6

By now, the soup is becoming thick, add your crayfish, pepper and taste for salt.
7

Lastly add the finely chopped dried water leaves and give a good stir and 1 tsp of black pepper. (it gives the soup a unique flavour and taste)

Allow to cook for some minutes and that"s it...Egwusi with Dried water leaves is ready to eat....
8

It goes well with Pounded Yam, Wheat, Semo or Samvita.