Iya Bashira week 1: How to prepare black soup

Introducing Iya Bashira

Lol who remembers this song from the legendary Style plus group singers. Anyways that's how this name was coined. So here I'll be blogging about how to cook Nigerian meals

Nigerian soup: Black Soup (Edo state native soup)

Recipe for Black Soup
Ingredients
4 piecesSnails
4 pieces Beef
1 medium size Smoked Fish
12 pieces Smoked Shrimps
4 tablespoon ground Crayfish
1 cooking spoon Palm Oil
1 small bunch Scent leaves( effirin)( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
2 balls washed Bitter leaves ( ground, 1/2 cooking spoon)
1 small bunch Uziza leaves( ground 1 cooking spoon)
1 bunch  Ugwu (optional) ( ground, 1 cooking spoon)
2 seasoning cubes
1 tablespoon dry Pepper
Chopped fresh pepper for garnishing
You can be flexible with the measurements but for learners just stick with this


Method for cooking Black Soup

1, Season and cook beef, add a cup of water to this when cooking the beef
2, Add washed snails, dry fish, shrimp,crayfish, pepper, seasoning and palm oil cook for 10 mins
3,Grind or blend all herbs and vegetables into smooth consistency  and add to pot of meats.Add a little more water if soup is too thick. The consistency should be like Ibo Egusi soup.
4, Stir , taste and correct the seasoning and cook for not more than 5min
5, Serve hot preferably with pounded yam