BEANS RECIPES (GBEGIRI SOUP)

                                                                    

Gbegiri soup is  mostly for Yoruba’s  (Western Nigerian). It is a  soup prepared with beans. Gbegiri soup  looks like baby food but it is good when you add Ewedu Soup and meat from your  beef , fish & chicken stew.

Gbegiri Soup (the yellow one in the image) takes a bit of getting used to, for those who are not used to eating soup cooked with beans. The combination of the Gbegiri Soup, Ewedu Soup and the stew will surely tease and challenge your tastebuds!

Ingredients for Gbegiri Soup

• 150g Black Eyed or Brown Beans
• 1 tablespoon ground crayfish
• 1 big stock cube
• 1 cooking spoon palm oil
• 1 small smoked Mackerel/Titus
• Pepper and salt (to taste)

Before preparing  Gbegiri Soup

1.     Remove the beans coat and soak the beans for about 3-1/2 hours. The processing of soaking the beans makes it soft so that it cooks in less time. With this, there will be no need to use potash to cook the beans. Assuming  you are using peeled and dried beans, you need to soak it overnight.

2.      Make sure you have some Beef, Fish & Chicken Stew because the beef for the Gbegiri Soup comes from the stew.

3.     Prepare other ingredients: pound/blitz the pepper and grind the crayfish.

Cooking Directions

1.     Put the peeled and soaked beans into a sizeable pot. Pour water to cover the beans and start cooking at medium heat.

2.     While the beans is cooking, prepare the Ewedu Soup which is used to eat the Gbegiri Soup.

3.     Cook the beans till it become so soft that it practically melts when you mash it with your fingers. It takes about 1 hour. You will need to top up the water from time to time but make sure the water is always at the same level as the beans. This ensures that you have just the right amount of water in the soup when the beans is done.

4.     Mash the very soft beans with a potato masher. You can also blend it with your kitchen blender for a very smooth consistency. It is not advisable  to wait for the beans to get cool, blend it and keep cooking!

5.     When you are satisfied with the smoothness of the beans, add the smoked fish, salt, pepper, crayfish, stock cube and palm oil.

6.     Cover the pot and cook at medium heat for about 5 minutes or till the oil blends with the rest of the ingredients, the oil changes from red to yellow.

7.     Continuously  stirring  so it does not burn.  

8.     With this method your Gbegiri soup will be so delicious

9.     Dish the soup with Ewedu Soup, get the meat from your Beef, Fish & Chicken Stew and eat with Amala or any other  fufu meal.