Pick the Ewedu or Okro leaves, make sure you don’t pick the stalk/stem along with it. And cut into smaller pieces

Wash the leaves thoroughly to remove dirt.

Place a medium pot on heat, add a cup of water, (Now if you want the locust beans to be soft and you bought the hard locust you can put it at this point).put potash and bring to a boil.,

Add in the ewedu leaves. Reduce heat to medium and cook (stirring at interval) till the leaves are very soft and tender

Then use the cooking broom to mash, more like pound continuously inside the pot till the leaves turn to smaller bits. If you are using a soft locust beans or you want a hard locust beans, you can add it at this level.

In a small bowl, mix the melon with little water to form a thick paste

Add the melon paste to it cutting it bit by bit

Reduce the heat to low heat and allow to cook for like 7minute. If you want the egusi clumps to be big, wait until the egusi is cooked before stirring but if you want tiny ones, you can start starring 5mins after adding the egusi

Add salt to taste, allow to simmer for few minutes. If it's too thick add little water.

Bring down from heat. Serve with stew, meat and swallow of your choice