The Market Girl

SOUP

Gbegiri

gbegiri

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 70 hours

Ingredients

black eyed beans

Peeled black-eyed beans

200g

water

Water (for simmering at the end)

50 ml

chili powder

Chilli powder

¼ tbsp

water

500ml Water

catfish fillets

Catfish fillets

100g

palm oil

Palm oil

2 tsp

dry crayfish powder

Dry crayfish powder

1 tbsp

maggi

Maggi stock

2 cubes

locust beans

Locust beans

¼ tbsp

black eyed beans

Peeled black-eyed beans

200g

water

Water (for simmering at the end)

50 ml

chili powder

Chilli powder

¼ tbsp

water

500ml Water

catfish fillets

Catfish fillets

100g

palm oil

Palm oil

2 tsp

dry crayfish powder

Dry crayfish powder

1 tbsp

maggi

Maggi stock

2 cubes

locust beans

Locust beans

¼ tbsp

Preparation

  1. Place the peeled beans into a sizeable pot. Pour water to cover the beans and start cooking on medium heat.
  2. Cook the beans till they become very soft. This can take 50-70 mins long. Add water from time to time to ensure the beans are always covered.
  3. Mash the beans with a wooden spoon smoothening to a custard like consistency.
  4. Add the catfish fillets, crayfish powder, stock cubes, locust beans, chilli powder and palm oil.
  5. Cover the pot and cook on medium heat for about 5-10 mins.
  6. Serve with the gbegiri on the bottom, followed by Iwedu (as per the recipe), followed by Ofe mmanu (as per the recipe) on top of this. Serve with any swallow meal (as per recipe).
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Folashade Olushanu is a wife, mother, friend, confidante, lover of God and so much more.

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