Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, melon stew. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Bitter melon is a sharp-tasting, funky looking fruit and a staple of many Asian cuisines. Bitter melon is in the gourd family, along with zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkins, and squash. It's easy to prep and takes to any number of delicious preparations like stir-fries, soups, and curries. This stew is typically eaten on top of plain cooked rice with papadam or sauteed vegetables.
Melon stew is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Melon stew is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook melon stew using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Melon stew:
- Get 240 g ground melon (wild melon seeds or pumpkin seeds)
- Prepare 400 ml meat stock
- Make ready 680 g (about 5 medium tomatoes)
- Get 3 fresh chili pepper
- Get 4 tbs ground crayfish
- Make ready 10 g chicken bouillon
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready Handful dried bitter leaves (or spinach finely chopped)
- Prepare 4 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 500 ml water
- Make ready Millet flour or cornmeal (for serving)
Egusi (also known by variations including agusi, agushi) is the name for the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd), which after being dried and ground are used as a major ingredient in West African cuisine. Authorities disagree whether the word is used more properly for the seeds of the colocynth, those of a particular large-seeded variety of the. Mix ground melon with water, some Salt, pour into a pot of hot oil and fry till lumps are formed. Empty the fried lumpy melon into the pot of soup and continue cooking.
Steps to make Melon stew:
- Pause the tomatoes and pepper in a blender until purée. Transfer to a pot on a stove top, cover and allow to cook until the water content is dried off.
- Heat up a pot, add oil,the cooked tomatoes and pepper mixture. Fry for about 5 minutes, add melon and continue frying for another 5 minutes, then add the crayfish and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add meat stock, water, chicken bouillon, 1/2 tsp salt, stir to combine and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low and allow to simmer for 30minutes. Stir in dried bitter leaves (washed and cut into smaller sizes), cover and allow to simmer for additional 5 minutes. Serve with cornmeal or any choice of carb. Voila!
Mix ground melon with water, some Salt, pour into a pot of hot oil and fry till lumps are formed. Empty the fried lumpy melon into the pot of soup and continue cooking. The stew is local to the Yoruba ethnic group of the country. For this stew, the melon seed is finely ground which gives this stew its unique taste and flavor. Meats of chicken or cow (beef) can be used to spice it up, together with smoked fish and crayfish.
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