Garden egg sauce

Name: Garden egg sauce
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: Scotch Bonnet * 10 (Medium); Red bell pepper * 2 (Large); Onions * 2 (Large); Garden egg * 5 (Large); Palm oil * 1 cooking spoon; Vegetable oil * 1 cooking spoon; Smoked hake (Panla) (Shredded); Cow skin (Pọnmọ) (Bite-sized); Ginger and Garlic (Minced); Curry and Thyme; Salt and Seasoning; Tomato paste (1 Tbsp); Locust beans (Iru)

MJ01 @mj01

Hertfordshire

Stew with garden eggs

MJ01 @mj01

Hertfordshire

Stew with garden eggs

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Ingredients

1 hr

4 people

Scotch Bonnet * 10 (Medium)
Red bell pepper * 2 (Large)
Onions * 2 (Large)
Garden egg * 5 (Large)
Palm oil * 1 cooking spoon
Vegetable oil * 1 cooking spoon
Smoked hake (Panla) (Shredded)
Cow skin (Pọnmọ) (Bite-sized)
Ginger and Garlic (Minced)
Curry and Thyme
Salt and Seasoning
Tomato paste (1 Tbsp)
Locust beans (Iru)

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Steps

1 hr

1

Blend scotch bonnet and bell pepper with 1 onion to desired texture, and set aside.
2

Blend or grate raw garden egg to desired texture and set aside
3

Cut 1 onion in thin slices and set aside.
4

Heat palm oil + veggie oil
5

Fry fish and/ or pọnmọ lightly and take out, and set aside.
6

On medium to low heat, add and sauté sliced onion until caramelized.
7

Add minced or powdered ginger and garlic, and stir until you can perceive the aroma.
8

Add curry and thyme stir until aroma is perceivable
9

Add tomato paste and stir continuously until dissolved or crumbly
10

Add pepper puree and stir.
11

Add and stir in fried panla and/or pọnmọ
12

Add and stir in washed locust beans. Allow to simmer for some minutes.
13

Add grated raw or cooked garden egg to mixture, then seasoning, salt to taste. Allow to cook till well fried.
14

Add ground crayfish, remove heat and cover.
15

Extra step: If your species of garden egg is bitter like mine, you may adjust the taste with little amount of sugar. Make sure sugar does not overpower the entire taste of your sauce.
16

Enjoy with desired Carbs