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The quality of your pepper soup depends on the quality and quantity of the ingredients you use in preparing it.

This is not in any way writing off the importance of one’s good cooking skills, so you don’t just need to have an abundance of ingredients for the pepper soup, but you should also know how to use them effectively.

I have been making pepper soup for more than five years. It all started when I needed something to do to support myself as an undergraduate at the University of Calabar. I used the money accrued from selling the dish. To cut the story short, here are the ingredients I used in preparing my pepper soup.

Pepper Soup Ingredients

Here are the best ingredients you should always use in making pepper soup:

1. Assorted meat (goat or cow)

2. Seeds of Ehu

3. Scent leaves (a handful)

4. Sliced Utazi Leaves (optional)(a handful)

5. Stock cubes

6. Tablespoons of ground crayfish (optional)

7. Sliced onions

8. Salt and pepper to taste

9. Teaspoon Beef seasoning spice

10. Garlic cloves

11. Finger of ginger.

12. Teaspoon lion Peppersoup spice.

13. Paprika – teaspoon.

What is the Ingredient in Pepper Soup in Yoruba Food?

The most striking ingredient in Yoruba pepper soup is Ehuru, which is called Calabash Nutmeg in English. Ehuru is a seed used as a spice for its fragrant/aromatic properties.

In traditional Nigerian cooking (particularly with the Yoruba and Igbo people of Nigeria), it is added to soups or stews, mainly pepper soup.

What is African Pepper Soup Made of?

African pepper soup is prepared with plenty of meat, hot peppers, and calabash nutmeg as primary ingredients. This tasty dish has a mostly light, watery texture.

However, Africans have other ingredients and spices that they use in making their pepper soup to bring out its full taste, but the most important ingredient there is meat or fish in the case of fish pepper soup.

Conclusion

Pepper soup has a variety of ingredients and spices that are needed for the making of pepper soup. The items listed above are all that you need for the preparation but you can still add some other items if you wish.