EGUSI INGREDIENTS:
Sympli African Chillies (100g Tatase, 50g Atarodo, 50g Sombo) and 10g Onion ground into a smooth paste
4 cuts of fish/beef, seasoned and cooked in 200ml water
1 cup of Melon seeds, ground
5g Dawadawa (Fermented Locust bean)
100g Dried fish/shrimp, softened in hot salted water
5g seasoning cube/powder
½ cup Palm Oil
100g leafy Vegetable (ugwu/spinach leaves), washed and shredded.
Salt to taste
EGUSI PREPARATION – Serves 4
• Heat Palm Oil in a pot to smoke point add pepper, Dawadawa, seasoning, prawn and salt. Fry for 5 – 10 minutes.
• Put softened dried fish/shrimp, cuts of fish/beef and stock to the fried pepper cover and allow the mixture to boil for about 3 minutes.
• Add 50ml water to ground melon to make a thick paste. Introduce melon paste ball by ball to the boiling mixture. Cover and allow boiling for 5 minutes without stirring.
• Add vegetable leaves and stir at intervals. Do not cover after the vegetable has been added. Cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and serve with Pounded Yam.
POUNDED YAM INGREDIENTS:
500g Sympli Yam Cubes
POUNDED YAM PREPARATION - with Mortar & Pestle: (Serves 2)
• Cover frozen Sympli Yam Cubes (500g) with water in a pan and boil for 10 minutes.
• Remove the Yam cubes from the water (Keep the hot water) and pound continuously for 10 minutes.
• Add 100ml hot water from Yam cubes cooking to soften the Yam dough.
• Pound gently for another 5 minutes, till a smooth dough is formed.
• Shape the smooth pounded Yam into a dome.
Serve hot with Egusi Soup.
Serves: 2
Average Weight/Serve: 300g
Total preparation time: 25 minutes
Written by Sympli Natural Nigeria
• Heat Palm Oil in a pot to smoke point add pepper, Dawadawa, seasoning, prawn and salt. Fry for 5 – 10 minutes.
• Put softened dried fish/shrimp, cuts of fish/beef and stock to the fried pepper cover and allow the mixture to boil for about 3 minutes.
• Add 50ml water to ground melon to make a thick paste. Introduce melon paste ball by ball to the boiling mixture. Cover and allow boiling for 5 minutes without stirring.
• Add vegetable leaves and stir at intervals. Do not cover after the vegetable has been added. Cook for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and serve with Pounded Yam.
POUNDED YAM INGREDIENTS:
500g Sympli Yam Cubes
POUNDED YAM PREPARATION - with Mortar & Pestle: (Serves 2)
• Cover frozen Sympli Yam Cubes (500g) with water in a pan and boil for 10 minutes.
• Remove the Yam cubes from the water (Keep the hot water) and pound continuously for 10 minutes.
• Add 100ml hot water from Yam cubes cooking to soften the Yam dough.
• Pound gently for another 5 minutes, till a smooth dough is formed.
• Shape the smooth pounded Yam into a dome.
Serve hot with Egusi Soup.
Serves: 2
Average Weight/Serve: 300g
Total preparation time: 25 minutes
Written by Sympli Natural Nigeria
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