How To Prepare Gbegiri Soup (Bean’s Soup)

Gbegiri soup is a delicious Nigerian soup made by the Yoruba people, who are largely from the western region of the country. It is cooked with black-eyed or brown beans. In some other parts of Yoruba land in Nigeria, gbegiri soup is known as abula. It is commonly served plain with ewedu (jute soup) and buka stew with different assorted meat or fish-based on your preference. This soup is traditionally served and best enjoyed with amala or tuwo, but you can serve it with any “swallow” of your choice. Gbegiri is one of the simplest, no-fuss soups to prepare, if you have never tried it, you will be surprised at how simple it is.

How to cook Gbegiri

In order to make gbegiri soup, there are two methods:

1. Using a blender to make gbegiri.
2. Preparing gbegiri without a blender.

Both approaches work well, and I have included instructions for both in this recipe. For this meal, you will need a blender or ijabe (cooking broom), a pot, and a cooking spoon.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup brown or black-eyed beans.
• 2 tablespoons of palm oil
• Stock cube
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• Salt

Procedures:

Step 1: Soak the beans in water for about 5 minutes before peeling it.

Step 2: Put the beans in a pot or pressure cooker with enough water to cover them and simmer until they are very mushy.

You can cook the beans in a standard pot if you don’t have a pressure cooker, but the cooking time will be longer because the beans must be cooked until very soft.

Step 3: Remove the pot from the heat once the beans have finished cooking. This is where you decide whether to use the blender or ijabe (cooking broom) method.

Method 1: Preparing gbegiri without blender

This is the actual way of preparing gbegiri soup. Oyo state residents are aware of this, and this is how my mother taught me. So, if you’re following the original recipe, sieve! If the cooked beans have a thick consistency, simply add water to make sieving easier. To keep the gbegiri from overly watery, don’t add too much water. Using sieve, strain the beans and collect the liquid in a pot. Then apply step 4.

Method 2: Preparing gbegiri with a blender

Blend the cooked beans until smooth in a blender. Then apply step 4.

Step 4: Return the blended or sieved beans to the heat. Toss in the stock cube, locust beans, cayenne pepper, palm oil, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Don’t use too much palm oil. To give it colour, you simplyHow To Prepare need a small amount of palm oil.

Step5: Allow to cook for 5 minutes before turning off the heat.

That’s all there is to it. With these recipes, you can make gbegiri in any part of the world. Try something different with this gbegiri soup recipe.