BENE SEED SOUP WITH VEGETABLES

My recipe for bene seed soup cooked with vegetables

Bene seed (sesame seed soup) can be cooked with or without green vegetables. Adding green vegetables brings in more nutrition and colour.

Any green leafy vegetable can be chopped and sprinkled in
bene seed soup but my favourite for this soup are uziza hot leaf and green amaranth (Aleho). Some prefer the soup with ugu leaves (Fluted pumpkin) Others with washed bitter leaf. There is a post on bene seed soup cooked with uziza leaves. It was great.

The cooking method for bene seed soup is almost the same whatever vegetables you chose to add. It’s easy, if you can cook egusi soup, bene seed soup is no different even though the taste is not the same. Egusi soup and bene seed soup may look the same but they have distinct tastes and are both nutritious especially with the proteins and vegetables added.

Below are the ingredients used to cook this bene seed soup with vegetables.

INGREDIENTS USED:
3 cups sesame seed
1 kg beef
1 stockfish head
3 medium sized smoked fish
1 small onion for steaming beef
A tablespoon ground pepper
1 cup palm oil
1 tablespoon fermented locust beans
Salt to taste
2 Seasoning cubes
2 tablespoons ground crayfish

A handful green vegetables ( I used aleho also called green amaranthus)

BEFORE YOU COOK BENE SEED SOUP WITH VEGETABLES 
Clean and get the sesame seeds grinded to powder form
wash and chop vegetables and set aside.
Wash the meats and stockfish very well
Wash and debone the fish and set aside.

COOKING DIRECTION:

1. Steam meats with stock fish, onion, salt and one seasoning cube till tender before adding palm oil and bringing to a boil again.


2. The bene seed comes in now and then you cover the pot without stirring. Leave for about 2 minutes to boil well before stirring.
3. Add the locust beans and check for taste before adding the last seasoning cube with salt if needed. Leave for one minute and check again.


4. Now, soup is ready, you can bring in the vegetables and stir very well. Cover to simmer for 1 to 2 minutes or more depending on how you like your vegetables.
Turn off the heat and serve your bene seed soup with vegetables.

Serve with some accompaniment or just get a spoon and enjoy the soup as a meal.

SEE OUR RECIPE FOR NIGERIAN GROUNDNUT SOUP WITH VEGETABLES

ALSO SEE HOW WE COOK NIGERIAN VEGETABLE SOUP WITH TOMATOES

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