02/08/2022
How to prepare vegetable soup.
Ingredients
meat( preferred protein)
stockfish
dry fish
snails(optional)
1/2 cup palm oil
1/2 medium onions
5 scotch bonnet (fresh pepper)
1 cup isam (periwinkle)
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons ground crayfish
3 seasoning cubes
salt
370g ugu
520g waterleaf
Method.
Wash meat and stockfish, put in a pot with some water to just cover the meat, season with salt and seasoning cube, boil till it's tender
Soak dry fish in boiling hot water for 2 minutes, drain and rinse well with cold water. Add to the boiling meat and cook till meat is tender. The stock should be about 2 to 3 cups if it is more take out some and preserve.
Clean snail, season with little salt and boil till tender. Set aside (Snail should not be cooked till it is soft and floppy, it should still have a discernible crunch).
To the cooked meat add palm oil, onions and pepper, cook for 5 minutes.
Add, periwinkle, 1/2 cup of crayfish and seasoning cubes. Stir and taste, add salt.
Cook for 10 minutes until palm oil loses its raw taste.
Add waterleaf, ugu, and cooked snails, stir and cover, cook for 3 minutes.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of crayfish and cook till vegetables have softened but is not mushy. Take off the heat and serve.
Note: there are other methods of preparing vegetable soup.