Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Home >> Nigerian Soups Recipes >> Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Egusi (Mgbam). This is not just ordinary molded egusi that scatters as you cook the soup. These disc shaped molds of egusi should be intact and solid by the time the soup is done such that the person enjoying the soup can bite into.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon) using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon):

1. Take leaf Okazi
2. Get Achara
3. Make ready Egusi(melon seed)
4. Prepare Usu
5. Get Crayfish
6. Get Dry fish(catfish/mangala)
7. Take Stock fish
8. Prepare Yellow pepper fresh
9. Make ready Cameroun pepper
10. Prepare Okpei(optional)
11. Get Meat (desired kind)
12. Prepare Snail
13. Make ready Palm oil
14. Prepare Kpomo(optional)
15. Prepare Onions
16. Get Maggi
17. Take Salt
18. Get Desired thickener (ashi,cocoyam,ofo)

The akpurakpu egusi or Ofe Achara is a traditional recipe that is peculiar to natives of Abia state. Set a pot on medium heat, add the palm oil. Akpuru akpu Egwusi (Moulded egwusi), is a delicious and tasty recipe. It is very rich and has nutritional value.

Steps to make Ofe achara with akpurakpu egusi(moulded melon):

1. Wash meat and stock fish and cook together adding diced onions, salt,pepper and maggi.
2. Wash and debone the dry fish and set aside.make sure to wash with hot water and salt to remove all sand and insects.
3. Blend the melon seed with the usu and okpei.transfer to a bowl,add warm water and marsh with hands till it forms a thick paste and oil starts coming out.you can also do this in a mortar and pestle.
4. Mould the melon paste to small flat balls and transfer to a small cooking pot.add salt,maggi and crayfish and some cameroun pepper to give taste to the akpurukpu egusi and cook till the moulded egusi turns white.
5. When the meat is getting tender,add the kpomo and washed snail,dry fish,crayfish blended with the yellow pepper,pour in the cooked melon mould.add palm oil and small thickener and cover to boil.
6. Check for salt and pepper.if not thick enough add more thickener,turn nd cover to cook.
7. Add the ukazi leaf and cover to boil
8. Cook for another 10 - 20 mins
9. Serve with semo,fufu,eva,wheat etc

This soup is indigenous to the people of •Peel the achara by removing the coarse outer husk till you get to the tender part. Then break the tender part into small pieces. Any part of the shoot that is. We call it ofe Achara na akpuruakpu egusi. The Periwinkle, traditionally is not part of it and it's best with akpu or eba.

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