Groundnut soup

Matse takes us back to our roots with her scrumptious Ewhobobo with groundnut soup and Agbalumo juice. A traditional meal packaged in a modern way.

Groundnut soup
Serves 4

Delicious soup made from roasted groundnut paste cooked with an assortment of meats and spices.

Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
40 min
Total Time
50 min

Ingredients

• 2 cups of roasted groundnut
• 3 cooking spoons of vegetable/olive oil
• 1/2 medium sliced onion
• 1 small tin of tinned tomato paste
• An assortment of meat (tripe, cow leg, beef, abode, roundabout, ponmo etc.)
• Smoked fish (if using)
• Dried pepper (Cayenne pepper)
• 2 heaped tablespoons of crayfish
• 2 roasted iwo/erhe
• Seasoning cubes
• Salt

 Instructions

1. Blend roasted groundnuts in the dry mill of your blender, then transfer to the liquid blender and grind until it forms a very smooth paste. 

   

2. In a pre-heated pot, add oil and the onion slices. Fry until translucent and not brown.
3. Pour in the groundnut past and cook for 10 minutes making sure to stir frequently to avoid burning
   Then add the tinned tomato paste.

   

4. Add dried pepper and mix nicely, then follow up with the cooked meats and the stock.
   • Mix very well add a cup of water or a little more and cook some more until thick.

5.  Add the blended crayfish and stir.

6. Finally, roast the iwo/erhe over direct flame and throw into the cooking pot. Cook for a few more minutes and serve.

Notes

• * Serve warm.
• * You can add less than a handful of washed bitter leaves, scent leaves or pumpkin leaves at the end of the cooking if you wish.

Eghwobobo (Eba with Plantain Swallow

Yields 1

Eba deliciously mixed with cooked plantain.

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

20 min

Total Time

30 min

Ingredients

• 1 very ripe plantain
• 1 cup of garri
• Water to cook.

Instructions

• Peel and cook plantain with water.
• Prepare garri with hot water and set aside.
• Drain plantain and pound in a mortar, yam pounder or food processor.
• When done, add the eba (cooked garri). Blend together until smooth.

  

Notes

• * Serve warm.

Add a bit of the water used for cooking the plantain to get the consistency you want while pounding.

Agbalumo (African star apple) drink

Yields 1

Agbalumo drink sweetened with honey.

Prep Time

10 min

Total Time

10 min

Ingredients

• 4 Agbalumo (African star apples)
• 1-2 tablespoons of honey
• 1 cup of water/ soda water

Instructions

1. Wash and squeeze out the juice from the fruit, adding the flesh and a cup of water/soda water into the blender. Discard the seeds.
2. Blend, add the honey, then blend some more.
3. Strain into a glass containing ice and serve.

Notes

* Gently hit the fruit on a hard surface before squeezing. It allows you get out more juice.