How To Cook Egusi with Water Leaf Soup.(Efo gbure)

Egusi soup with Water leaf

Egusi soup is a Nigerian home made soup which has a great taste and a lot of nutritional element when combine with water leaf.

Ingredient:

• 4 cups egusi
• 2 kg beef
• 1 stock fish head
• 1/2 cup ground crayfish
• 2 medium sized smoked catfish
• pepper to taste
• 1 bunch water leaf
• 2 tablespoonful palm oil 
• 1 medium sized onion to steam the beef
• Salt to taste
• Seasoning cubes
• 5 cups water to start with, you add more as you cook to get your desired thickness.

PREPARATION:

• Steam beef and stock fish with onion, pepper, seasoning and salt till almost tender, 
• add water and let it boil.
•  Wash and Cut water leaf and set aside.
• Mix with little water the ground egusi again in a bowl with some salt 
•  Add the egusi and palm oil in the boiling stock let it boil before you stir, 
• Add crayfish and check for taste.  
• Let soup be completely cooked  
• Add the smoked catfish and waterleaf. 
• leave to boil for few minutes 

Serve with some fufu, eba, pounded yam, semo etc...

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