How To Prepare Beans Soup Called Gbegiri.

How To Prepare Beans Soup Called Gbegiri.

Gbegiri is one of the Western Nigerian Soup, that is the Yoruba's Gratification Soup. Gbegiri is prepared with beans, gbegiri is a self soup on is own, but most people keep it lifely by adding meat or chicken stew with ewedu soup.

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INGREDIENTS; needed for the Gbegiri Soup.

* 2 Milk Cups of White or Brown Beans.

* 1 Tablespoon Grounded Crayfish (optional).

* 1 Stock Cube.

* ½ Cooking Spoon of Palm Oil.

* 1 Teaspoon of Dry Grounded Pepper.

* Salt.

Note : Do the peelings of the beans coat and soak in warm water for about an hours. This process is 

to make the beans to be more softer so as for the cooking to be faster and easier. With this process you will not need to add potash to the cooking of your beans.

Cooking Steps.

1. Set up your cooker or stove and place number 2 pot on it, pour the peeled soaked beans into it.

2. Add water to it and cover to cook on a low medium heat for about 45 minutes.

Note ; your water most be of the same level with the beans or about some meter above the beans and you will need to top up the water from time to time but make sure the water is always at the same level to the beans.

3. While the beans is set on cooking, you may go ahead preparing the Ewedu Soup.

4. Make sure that the beans is probably cook till they become stick together and mash.

5. After all the beans has mash very well, pour into a sieve and use spoon to exact more pressure on it to make it smooth and filter out all the smooth one. As I did it in this "click here to view ". And you can even use other methods, such as making use of the Potato Masher, Blend etc.....

6. After you have filter out all the smoother one, now add the following;

* Dry Grounded Pepper,

* Grounded Crayfish,

* Stock Cube,

And,

* Palm Oil.

Half cover your pot and continue cooking at low medium heat for about 1½ minutes or till the oil blends with all the ingredients including the smooth beans.

7. Now stir till the smooth beans and the other ingredients change to yellow.

8. Now you are done with the cooking of the Beans Soup known as Gbegiri Soup.

Serve with Ewedu Soup and Beef & Chicken Stew and enjoy with the white Amala.