I have been hearing about groundnut soup for a very long time, and I kept on saying i will prepare it, i will prepare it, and i kept on postponing it. But one day! I finally did it, i finally prepared it and it was yummyscious, it was fantastic and I loved it. The day I cooked this soup, i cooked it because of my dad, he was not feeling fine and I wanted to cook something different and delicious for him, and I decided to prepared this soup for him with Pounded yam, and he loved it and i was so happy. This soup is also very nutritious and healthy, and it’s also one of the popular soups in Nigeria and in Ghana and also republic of Benin. You can cook it with any protein of your choice. It can be prepared with beef, Assorted meats, goat meat, chicken, fresh fish, any protein you like use it. And you can serve it with all kinds of swallows like Pounded yam, eba, amala, semo etc. Like i said earlier i ate my own with Pounded yam.
The ingredients you will be needing
- 2 Cups of groundnut, you can buy fresh ones and then fry it by yourself or you buy the already fried one any one you want.
- 1.5 kg of Assorted meats
- 2 Long smoked pomo
- 2 Big size of dry cat fish
- 500g Of stock fish
- 1 Cup of crayfish powder
- 1 Cop of smoked prawns
- 5 Yellow scent pepper. Use less if you don’t like pepper.
- 4 Scotch bonnet pepper
- 4 Medium size of onions
- 1 Cup spoon of palm oil
- Seasoning cube to taste
- Salt to taste
- Bitter leaf, you can add any leaf of your choice
Preparation of the ingredients
- Wash your Assorted meats and pour into a clean pot
- season it with seasoning cube and Salt to taste
- Add some diced onions
- pour some water and put it on fire, cover it to cook
- Wash your smoked pomo and cut into the desired size
- once the meats are almost done, add the smoked pomo and cover back for them to cook till tender
- Once it’s ready, set aside
- Peel your groundnut and grind it dry and set aside
- Blend your peppers and onions together and set aside
- Blend your crayfish and set aside
- Soak your stock fish down with hot water and some salt and set aside
- Diced some onions and set aside
- Wash your bitter leaf very well to remove the bitterness and set aside
- Wash your dry cat fish and debone it and set aside
- Wash your smoked prawns and set aside. Once you are done with the preparations, then you can start cooking process.
Method on How to Prepare groundnut soup
- Put a clean pot on fire
- Pour your palm oil Once it’s hot
- Add the diced onions and allow it to fry a bit
- Pour your blended peppers and onions and fry for a minute
- Pour your boiled Assorted meats and pomo with the stock water
- Add your stock fish
- Add the dry cat fish
- Cover for it to boil for 2minutes
- Add your smoked prawns
- Add your blended crayfish
- Add your groundnut paste and stir very well and allow it to boil, by this time, it’s becomes thicken
- Add your washed bitter leaf
- Add your seasoning cube to taste
- Add your salt to taste
- Allow it to boil for a minute, then turn off the fire. And your soup is ready! You can serve it with any swallow your desires.
If you have any questions, please drop it underneath the comment section below. Thank you for your time.
