Name: Egusi Stew With Goat
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups diced small onions; 2 tablespoons minced garlic; 2 whole tomatoes, chopped; 2 tablespoons minced ginger; 1 teaspoon minced Scotch bonnet pepper; 1 cup red palm oil; 2 cups ground egusi seeds; 1 teaspoon crayfish powder; 3 Maggi cubes; 1/4 teaspoon dried iru powder; 2 quarts chicken stock; 1 pound goat shoulder, cubed; Kosher salt; 2 tablespoons canola oil; 2 cups pumpkin leaf or spinach, strained dry

Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Pearl Jones

Egusi seeds—the large seeds of an African melon—are toasted and ground to thicken this popular Nirgerian stew.

Ingredient Info

Ground egusi seeds, ground dried iru (fermented locust beans), red palm oil, and crayfish powder can be purchased at African markets and online.

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