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500g meat 2 tomatoes 1/2 pig's foot 750ml water 1 large onion Salt and pepper to taste 3 or 4 coco-yam 1 desertspoon tomato paste 1)Cut and soak pig's foot for 30 minutes. Wash well. 2)Wash and cut the meat into small pieces. Put in a saucepan, add pig's foot, water, and salt, bring to the boil and skim. 3)Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes until the meat is almost tender. Add the ground or chopped onion, pepper and tomatoes. Cover the saucepan and continue simmering. 4) Peel, cut and wash coco-yam. Add to the soup. Add tomato paste and a little more salt if necessary. Simmer the soup gently until the coco-yam is soft. Mash them in the soup or leave them whole.

500g fish or meat 3 tomatoes 2 garden eggs 750ml water or stock 6 okras Salt and pepper to taste 1 large onion 1)Prepare the fish or cut the meat into neat pieces. 2)Put the meat or fish, salt and a few slices of onion into the saucepan or pot and cook for 5–10 minutes, stirring occasionally. 3)Add the water and bring it to the boil and simmer gently for about 30 minutes. 4)Add the vegetables and the rest of the onions. If fish is used, use less water and cook the vegetables until they are soft. 5)Remove the vegetables, grind or marsh, then separate, removing the skins and seeds. Sieve pulp. Retu

500g Fish 4 tomatoes 1 cup of roasted egusi 125ml palm oil 1 large onion Salt and pepper to taste 1) Grind the onion, pepper and tomatoes. Prepare the fish and add salt. 2)Put the palm oil and water to boil in a covered pot. 3)Mix the egusi into a smooth paste and add to the liquid. 4)Cook steadily and slowly until the soup is thick. Season. Cover the pot and simmer gently until the fish is done, and the soup is of the right consistency.

4 cups of groundnut 4 tomatoes 750g meat, fish or chicken 4 okras Crabs or shrimps 21/2 liters of water or stock 1 large onion Salt and pepper to taste 4 garden eggs Method 1 1)roast groundnuts in sand over regulated fire, make to cool, remove skins and grind to a smooth paste. 2)Water and cut meat or fish or chicken. 3)Put meat, fish or chicken with salt and water in a pot and simmer gently. 4)Mix groundnut paste with a little liquid or stock and add soup. 5)Grind pepper and onions; add to soup. Add tomatoes, garden eggs and okra. Season. 6)Cook slowly till all the ingredients are tender and the soup is of the c

Palm Nut Soup 12 cups of palm nuts 1 large onion 500g meat 500g smoked fish 3 graden eggs 4 crabs or snails Salt and pepper to taste 3 tomatoes 1) Wash palm nuts, cover them with water in a saucepan and boil until they are soft. 2)Wash the meat. Cut into neat pieces, add half the onion, a little salt and a little water. Cook slowly in a separate pot. 3)When the nuts are soft, pour out water and beat the nuts in a mortar until the skins are crashed. Put them into a bowl and

1 chicken 1 liter of water or stock 1 large onion Salt and pepper 3 tomatoes 1 tin tomato paste 1)Pluck, and wash the chicken. Cut into joints, remove entrails and wash thoroughly. Squeeze half a lime on the pieces of the chicken. Rub well and rinse. This assists in removing the characteristic smell and slime of the chicken. If no lime is available, rub vinegar into the rinsing water.