FOOD : Emergency Soups

 

Need I tell you that for some reason, emergency soups are almost always more delicious than the major soups because it really doesn’t have a set recipe. For this same reason,

you really can’t recreate one and No emergency soup is the same. It could be similar but not the exact the same.

The most common emergency soup my mom made was a mix of Okro and Egusi. She sometimes made Egusi and Ogbono too.

1. Did you have emergency soups in your home while growing up.
2. Do you occasionally make them now?
3. What ingredients do/ did your emergency soups consist of?
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I would love to know. Please drop your comments below, let’s exchange ideas.

In the mean time. Enjoy this Emergency Soup Recipe I have for you today.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Beef Stock
• 800 g Assorted Meats of Choice precooked
• 50 - 60 g ground Egusi (Melon) seeds sub wth pumpkin seeds
• 160-180 g chopped okra/okro measure after chopping
• 3 Tbsp coarsely ground crayfish
• 1 medium onions chopped
• 1 medium red bell pepper Chop half and blend half with egusi ( see instructions below)
• 1/2 cup Palmoil
• 1 habanero pepper blended
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Instructions

• In a blender, blend dry ground egusi with 1/2 of red bell pepper, 1/2 of onion, habanero pepper and a little water to make a paste.
• In a heated sauce pan, add the palm oil, sauce the other half of the onion for about 30 seconds, then add the egusi paste and stir till it begins to show signs of sticking to the bottom of the pot. Be careful not to let it burn.
• Pour in the beef stock, Taste for seasoning ( remember the beef stock is seasoned) and adjust accordingly. Add the ground cray fish and bring to boil.
• Allow to boil for about 5 minutes, then stir in the chopped okra/okro and chopped half of the red bell pepper 
• Turn off heat and leave the pot half open. don't worry the residual heat would cook the okra.
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