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All Edo Traditional Nigerian Soups Yoruba

Food Cycle – Ogbono Elegusi Soup

One of my biggest worries about being a food blogger is the amount of food I waste. It is something I am honestly not proud of and why I do it, I don’t know. How do I waste food? My fridge. Despite it being set at 2 degrees, it somehow spoils my food, if kept in there for a week plus. Every week I do a fridge clear out, and with that comes with emptying some little leftovers and it upsets me. My mother and grandma would not find it funny at all, because I was raised better. Food wastage was not allowed growing up, it was called a crime against humanity, and now that I am running my own kitchen, it is the one thing of all the kitchen tutelage I have received, that I haven’t adopted.

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So, this week, I said I will be making a conscious effort to not waste food. I looked through my freezer on Saturday night, the same time I normally do a fridge clean out and I spied this bowl of Egusi. I remembered Vivian’s post on Facebook where she posted an Egusi Ogbono dish that her mother in law prepared. I remember commenting that my mother did that but to recycle old Egusi soup into a new soup. Unlike my mum’s, Vivian’s dish is cooked with Egusi and Ogbono from scratch. A few weeks ago my friend Mary paid me a visit. She is in a special condition and she said she wanted Ogbono, which I didn’t have. She said ah no, don’t worry, I’ll eat what you have at home, but I said nah, Ogbono is something I can whip up with no notice. I thought of what Big Oladunni would do in this situation, cos this is something she had faced so many times. Uncles, Aunty’s friends always stopped by last-minute. They knew Ladunni would always have delicious food for them. So,  I decided to channel her that Sunday, by using my leftover Efo Riro  to make Ogbono. I literally cooked this dish below in under 30 minutes.

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My mother can turn any old dish into a stunner. Her tips and suggestions to use are:

  • fresh vegetables
  • fresh pepper
  • dry ingredients
  • beef stock
  • Rice or Pasta

With these ingredients above, you can foodcyle any old dish from your freezer. So, when I saw that bowl of Egusi soup, I just smiled, I knew I was going to add Ogbono to it. So this week, my recipes are going to be dedicated to food cycling. No more food wastage, we recycle old dishes to new. Let’s Cook

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Food Cycle - Ogbono Elegusi
Author: Dunni Obata
Recipe Category: Traditional Nigerian Soups
Cuisine: Yoruba
Prep time:  2 mins
Cook time:  40 mins
Total time:  42 mins
Serves: 1 pot
 
To kick of Foodcyle week, this is an old Egusi soup revamped to a new combination dish with Ogbono.
Ingredients
  • Pre-cooked Egusi Soup
  • Fresh pepper or leftover stew
  • Powdered Ogbono
  • Fresh Okro
  • Fresh green veg (optional) - I used Uziza
Instructions
  1. Another reminder, this dish is a foodcyle dish, but if you want to start from scratch and combine both soups, you can.
  2. Transfer your old egusi soup to a pot, and add enough water to create the volume/quantity that you would need for your new soup, depending on how many people you are feeding. You may also wish to add pieces of assorted meat.
  3. Re-season the Egusi stock with crayfish, salt and stock cubes if you wish. I would recommend you start with crayfish and work your way upwards. Like my Ogbono redefined recipe HERE, you can also add a little Ogiri. Allow this stock to boil. Think of this egusi stock like making Ogbono, same process
  4. When it boils, add some fresh pepper, or in my case, leftover stew
  5. Allow this to boil, taste and be sure you are happy with it, then add your powdered Ogbono in handfuls. Start with one handful, then go up carefully.
  6. Once the Ogbono is in, stir and as expected, it will thicken the stock and start to show signs of viscosity. Add a little hot water, if too thick, and just let it cook. The longer Ogbono cooks, the better it tastes
  7. If you have any green veg to add, add it once you are satisfied with the taste and consistency of the Ogbono. I used a few leaves of frozen Uziza
  8. For a nice fresh crunch, add cut okro rings.......and your old Egusi soup has been given new life. Believe me, this soup is delicious. If for a second you ever thought ogbono and egusi, no way, try this once, and you would take back your words
Notes
Be careful with the quantity of powdered Ogbono that you add. Remember that this stock will be slightly thick because the base is Egusi, so don't go overboard with the powdered Ogbono, or you will end up with a thick blog which you will have to dilute and dilute
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No one, and I mean no one would believe this came from leftovers. Here I am enjoying my foodcycled dish with some freshly prepared Onunu with an extra twist. Check out the video on Instagram (@dooneyskitchen) to know what the extra twist is.

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Lemon Shaped Onunu and OgbonEgusi Soup

I hope I have inspired you to also join in the no food waste campaign. The other recipes coming this week, are just as special.


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FILED UNDER: All, Edo, Traditional Nigerian Soups, Yoruba
TAGGED WITH: Egusi, ogbono, ogbono elegusi
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Dooney is the blogger, recipe developer and photographer for Dooney's Kitchen. I spend my days trying to figure out creative ways to redefine Nigerian food, either by creating a new dish itself using ingredients in ways that have never been used before, or changing the approach to Nigerian cooking using kitchen gadgets.

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  1. AvatarTemilola says

    March 24, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    This is so nice dunni.may God bless you.i know my kids will love this. So what if you don’t have any leftover and want to start from the scratch?

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    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      March 24, 2015 at 10:16 pm

      Hi Temilola, just start like Egusi soup, make it watery and then add Ogbono, let it cook, then add your green veg and okra

      Reply
  2. AvatarDoris says

    April 4, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    Food wastage is a big No-No in my mother’s kitchen too even up to yam peeling. You better not peel that yam with even an inch of the part that is eaten going with the peel, you won’t hear the last of it from mama lol…here’s to mothers who taught their daughters right in the kitchen.

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    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      April 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm

      Loooool. My mum too. Here’s to our mums ooooo

      Reply
  3. Avatarburnamite09 says

    July 10, 2015 at 3:59 pm

    please whats ogidi, tried to google the image of it but can’t get any

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    • dooneyrooneydooneyrooney says

      July 23, 2015 at 4:49 pm

      Ogiri is fermented sesame seeds

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