Food: Edo (eshan) Blacksoup

[Becky02]

INGREDIENTS:
Bitter leaf – Blend to a smooth paste
Pumpkin leaf – Blend to a smooth paste
Fresh Palm fruits (optional) – Boil, Marsh, dilute with water and drain till chaff is clean
Fresh pepper – Blended
Onions – blended
Cray fish – grinded
Fresh fish of choice (Croaker, Porpoise, Cat fish, Mackerel etc)
Beef - Boiled - Qty desired
Pomo (Cow skin) – Boiled – Qty desired
Stock fish – Boiled - Qty desired
Seasoning cubes
Salt to taste
Palm Oil - optional.

PROCESSING
1. Wash bitter leaf in sufficient water and drain to remove bitter taste
Note: Not completely, so as to retain a little tinge of bitters.
- Blend to a smooth paste

2. Rinse Pumpkin leaf normally without squeezing out the nutritional content.
- Blend to a smooth paste

3. Boil palm fruits for 25mins or till tender and drain off the boiling water.
- Marsh fruits and dilute with 1litre of water and drain the sauce.
- Repeat as desired until chaff is clean be careful not use more than 2litres.
Note: Descretion is needed here as the quantity of fruits determines the volume of water required.

METHOD
1. Heat palm fruit sauce for about 20mins or until slightly thickened.

2. Add beef, Pomo, stock fish and the fresh fish to boil for 2mins.

3. Add the Cray fish, the bitter leaf paste, cook for 6mins and add pumpkin leaf paste and stir.

4. Add Palm Oil if desired and cook for 5mins

5. Add seasoning cubes and salt to taste, stir and cook for 2mins

6. Congrats, you're ready to go

[Becky02]

[emezico]

Good info for those interested in preparing the soup.

[emezico]