Village-Style Egusi Soup

Ingredients

• 1 cup melon seeds
• 500 g beef
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 piece onions
• 200 g cow skin
• 1 piece dried fish
• 1 bunch bitter leaf
• 0.5 cup palm oil

Method

1. 1

   Grind the egusi (melon seeds) in a mortar.

2. 2

   Place the meat into a pot, add the ground egusi seasoning paste, and season with salt.

3. 3

   Chop onions and add them to the pot with the meat.

4. 4

   Cook the meat and ingredients over heat.

5. 5

   Prepare and clean cow skin, dried fish, and bitter leaf.

6. 6

   Add cow skin and dried fish into the cooking pot with the meat.

7. 7

   Add more ground egusi and palm oil to the pot, then mix well and cover to simmer.

8. 8

   Stir in chopped bitter leaf and let the soup finish cooking.