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Today am sharing my post post and participating in the contest that talks about my favorite food.
To begin with, I love to eat healthy meals, that has some touch of medicinal properties.
Some leaves are more beneficial to us than others that's why I would prefer bitterleaf and Pumpkin leaves for cooking my meals over ordinary vegetable or spinach.
I love Egusi (Melon gourd) soup prepared with bitter leaf.
Bitter leaf has medical properties and I have been taught traditionally that it has antimalaria and typhoid properties.
But in instances where there is no Egusi I could replace this with my traditional Sesame seeds called "Ocha" in Idoma language
This is how I prepared of this delicious soup for my family...
How to prepare Sesame Seed Soup.
- Ingredients needed
- Sesame
- Pepper and onions ( Scotch bonnet preferably)
- Palm oil
- Seasoning, Salt and spices ( tumeric and garlic)
- Bitter leaves or vegetables as desired.
- Smoked fish, meat and cow skin.
Preparation procedure
- I had the Sesame Seed washed to free it from sand and stone from harvest. Next it was sun dried thoroughly before blending in our family small grinder.
Next I had the pepper and onions well blended and ready
Wash and clean my meat, fish and cow skin. (If cow skin is available).
Wash clean and prepare your desired vegetables.
Cooking Procedure
To cook this, palmoil goes in the fire first, next I add the pepper and onions blend followed by the Sesame seed. These are all fried together for 5-7mins before adding a little water.
If the smoked fish is not to hard, I add it directly into the fried mixture but if its hard or am adding fresh meat, this is to be cooked separately until its soft before adding it to the soup.
The spices go in next, adding seasoning (Maggie cubes) and a pinch of tumeric and garlic, all medicinal.
This is covered and allowed to cook for at least 10 mins before adding the vegetables.
Spinach and Pumpkin leaves (Ugu) Shouldn't be cooked for long compared to bitterleaves.
With that we are done preparing Sesame seed soup that can be eating with semovita, pounded yam, poundo potato, wheat, garri, Fufu or any turning food of your choice.