Amala with egusi soup - It turned out very good but i think i could have cooked it a little longer.. Today I am sharing this Amala with egusi soup! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 45 minutes! Amala flour, hot water, vegetables, egusi, spices, red oil, meat or fish or both. Mix well then you reduce the heat. Egusi (melon) soup is one of the most popular Nigerian soups. It is very proteinous and can be eaten with starchy foods including amala. The ingredients for preparing Egusi soup include ground egusi (melon seeds), dry fish, ground crayfish, groundnut oil, palm oil, chopped spinach, ground.
Once your Amala becomes very smooth, it can be said to be ready.
You may then wrap it in transparent nylon and carefully place it in a warmer, in order to keep it warm but it's for immediate consumption, serve it with soup of your choice such as ewedu with stew, efo riro, egusi, okra soup, bitter leaf soup.
How to make Amala and Ewedu soup?
You can cook Amala with egusi soup with 8 Ingredients and 8 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Amala with egusi soup:
- Amala flour.
- Hot water.
- for the soup:.
- Vegetables.
- Egusi.
- Spices.
- Red oil.
- Meat or fish or both.
READ ALSO: How to cook egusi soup? Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is often accompanied with swallows like Eba, Amala, Semovita, Pounded yam, Fufu, and the likes. Some hardcore like I am will even serve over. Àmàlà can be eaten with various soups: Egusi: soup made of thickened melon seeds and leaf vegetables.
Step by step how to cook Amala with egusi soup:
- For the amala, boil enough water then divide the hot water into 2.sieve your amala powder and gently sprinkle it in the hot water while you gently mix it on a low heat.
- Mix well then you reduce the heat. Make holes in d amala using a wooden spoon and then add the hot water into the holes and cover to cook for like 20mnts.
- Now turn of the heat and mix well again till smooth and stretchy.
- Wen well mixed serve..
- For the soup. Blend oniouns and peppers set aside. Cook your meat with spices and set aside. Now heat up your red oil in a pan add your sliced onious and blended peppers and fry well. Add in your meat and meat stock you can add more maggi or salt if needed. Allow to cook.
- Wash and cut your vegetables. Wash again and transfer into an empty pot add a little kanwa and cook for few minutes Strain the vegetables and set aside.
- Now make a paste wit your egusi by adding grated onious to the egusi and then make balls. Put the egusi balls into the boiling pot of soup and allow to cook..
- After some minutes add in your cooked vegetables and stir. Simmer and serve with your amala etc.
Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with. Egusi is one the most widely consumed soups in Nigeria, it's prepared by most tribes. The main factor that set Yoruba style egusi soup apart is the presence of clumps/lumps.