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Potato Pepper Soup

Potato Pepper soup is one of the ways to add potatoes to your family meals. As the name implies, it contains pepper soup ingredients so it is spicy hot hence great for a cold harmattan or winter day.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 0

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 5 medium Irish Potatoes
  • 300g fresh fish (head and tail only)
  • 10 medium mushrooms
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 habanero peppers
  • 1 teaspoon ground ehu (Calabash Nutmeg)
  • 1 big stock cube
  • Black pepper
  • 5 scent leaves
  • 3 bay leaves (optional)
  • Salt (to taste)
  • Water.

Instructions
 

Preparations Before Cooking

  • Peel the Irish Potatoes, rinse and cut into medium cubes.
  • Cut the fish head and tail into sizeable chunks.
  • Cut the habanero pepper into medium pieces.
  • Cut each mushroom into 2 parts.
  • Grind the ehu.
  • Cut the onion into into thin slices along the bulb. This is so that when they heat up, they will add body to the pepper soup.
  • Cut the scent leaves into tiny pieces.

Directions

  • Pour a small quantity of water into a clean pot and set on the stove.
  • The water should just cover the bottom of the pot. Apply medium heat.
  • Add the ground ehu, black pepper and stock cube (crushed).Stir and gently place the pieces of fish in the pot.
  • Once the bottom heats up, turn the fish around so that all sides will get some heating and become tough.
  • .When the fish is well heated all over, remove them from the pot and add the potatoes.
  • Add water to cover the potatoes, add the bay leaves and start cooking on high heat till the potatoes are cooked but not soft.
  • Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Add the fish (gently), the onions and habanero pepper and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Then take out the fish again and add salt to taste. Note: we add the fish, take it out, add, take it out etc so that it does not scatter.
  • Stir to make sure everything is incorporated.
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