Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Ofe Achara is one of the most traditional Igbo recipes. The mgbam, akpuruakpu egusi or ogbaloti sets this Egusi Soup apart from the conventional Egusi Soup. Home >> Nigerian Soups Recipes >> Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Egusi (Mgbam).
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon):
- Take leaf Okazi
- Prepare Achara
- Make ready Egusi(melon seed)
- Take Usu
- Take Crayfish
- Make ready Dry fish(catfish/mangala)
- Get Stock fish
- Make ready Yellow pepper fresh
- Make ready Cameroun pepper
- Prepare Okpei(optional)
- Make ready Meat (desired kind)
- Take Snail
- Make ready Palm oil
- Get Kpomo(optional)
- Take Onions
- Prepare Maggi
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Desired thickener (ashi,cocoyam,ofo)
Fried Egusi Soup: where the Egusi is fried in palm oil before other ingredients are added. I also call this one the Oil Before Egusi Method. The akpurakpu egusi or Ofe Achara is a traditional recipe that is peculiar to natives of Abia state. Set a pot on medium heat, add the palm oil.
Steps to make Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon):
- Wash meat and stock fish and cook together adding diced onions, salt,pepper and maggi.
- Wash and debone the dry fish and set aside.make sure to wash with hot water and salt to remove all sand and insects.
- Blend the melon seed with the usu and okpei.transfer to a bowl,add warm water and marsh with hands till it forms a thick paste and oil starts coming out.you can also do this in a mortar and pestle.
- Mould the melon paste to small flat balls and transfer to a small cooking pot.add salt,maggi and crayfish and some cameroun pepper to give taste to the akpurukpu egusi and cook till the moulded egusi turns white.
- When the meat is getting tender,add the kpomo and washed snail,dry fish,crayfish blended with the yellow pepper,pour in the cooked melon mould.add palm oil and small thickener and cover to boil.
- Check for salt and pepper.if not thick enough add more thickener,turn nd cover to cook.
- Add the ukazi leaf and cover to boil
- Cook for another 10 - 20 mins
- Serve with semo,fufu,eva,wheat etc
Akpuru akpu Egwusi (Moulded egwusi), is a delicious and tasty recipe. It is very rich and has nutritional value. This soup is indigenous to the people of •Peel the achara by removing the coarse outer husk till you get to the tender part. Then break the tender part into small pieces. Any part of the shoot that is.
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