Gbegiri soup is a very popular Nigerian beans soup. It’s made with black eyed or brown beans. Gbegiri soup has got to be one of the easiest, no fuss soups to make, if you’ve never attempted it, you’ll be shocked to find out just how easy it is. Gbegiri is best enjoyed with either Tuwo Shinkafa or Amala and Ewedu soup. I have a recipe for Ewedu soup, click HERE for the recipe if you’re interested. I also have a recipe for Buka Stew to go with the Ewedu, click HERE for the full recipe.
Let’s begin….
Ingredients:
2 Cups Black eyed or Brown Beans
3 Tablespoons Palm Oil
2 Tablespoons Crayfish Powder
1 Tablespoon Locust Beans (Iru)
1-2 Tablespoons Ground Dried pepper (Atagungun)
1 Knorr Cube
Salt to Taste
Preparation:
First, soak then peel your beans. You can peel it by hand or pulse in a jug blender.
Add the peeled beans into a pot, place on a hob on high heat. Add water and cook till very soft and mushy. Be careful not to add too much water, You can start with 2 cups and add as you go, if necessary. Do not add salt.
When it’s soft…..
Use an Ijabe (Ewedu broom) to mash up the beans or a whisk. Save time and energy by blending till smooth in your jug blender. If you’re using a blender, be sure to wait till the beans has cooled down a bit before blending so you don’t risk damaging your blender. Add water to the beans before blending, not too much though, say half a cup.
If you used an Ijabe to mash the beans, you’ll need to pass the the paste through a sieve to remove clumps and get a really smooth consistency. If your blender is very powerful, you wouldn’t need to do this. As you can see, mine was blended smoothly, I’m only sieving to illustrate beetter…
Now, return the paste back into the pot and on low heat this time around. You might need to add a bit of water to the paste. Mine was really thick and had to water it down a bit. The consistency should be semi- fluid.
Add the palm oil, Iru, crayfish powder, Knorr cube, ground pepper and salt to taste. Be careful not to add too much Palm oil, you only need a little to slightly alter the colour of the paste…
Cook for 5-7 minutes, stir occasionally to prevent burning…
It’s ready when the Gbegiri soup thickens a bit and the palm oil is well combined with the paste.
Serve with your favourite swallow…It’s Abula for me!
Tip: Gbegiri Soup thickens up really quickly, so do not be alarmed if yours does thicken up. Just add a bit of water and reheat and you’re good to go. I couldn’t take decent photos of it as it kept thickening up, the coldish weather didn’t help matters either.
Don’t forget to check out the Ewedu and Buka Stew recipes, click below for full recipes;
Off to the kitchen 💃💃💃
Thank you sisiJ❤️
Something different for Christmas 😎Thank you so much. I made the gbegiri and it’s amazing, plate licking, fingers licking, want more chorus from the children. Thank you @sisijemimah
Is it a must I use dry pepper (ata gungun) can I use fresh pepper also?
I prepared my gbegiri soup for the first time,and it comes out so lovely.thanks so much
I’m a white woman married to an amazing Yoruba man. You have been sucha blessing. I’ve had praised heaped on me far and wide and it’s all down to you and your amazingily easy to follow and delicious recipes. Ese Ma! (Insert accent accordingly!) Bless you x
I actually tried this for the first time on Saturday and it was awesome and easy. Turned out well..made 4 cups of beans..I don’t regret it…so glad that one of my husband’s favourite soups can be made easily
Hello, is there an alternative to using crayfish powder? I have a seafood allergy.
It is a shame for me when I discovered that don’t know how to prepare gbegiri soup when my girlfriend told me to soak beans and her program changed!
But I thank God for site that helped me out else I will turn my peeled beans to cooked rice and beans
I tried with white beans but came out dark brown. I added all the ingredients but still brown
That’s because you didn’t wash the beans first you are supposed to wash the back off like moi moi before cooking
Can i refrigerate?
Yes, you can…
This helps me from my assignment at school on how to prepare gbegiri and ewedu
Bean puddy and jute mallow
Wow this is nice. I’ll try it out
Please let me know how you get on…
Weldone .. please remind us to always pour the gbegiri over the swallow for best result
??? I will be sure to…joker ?
I just tried this recipe and it came out pretty awesome
If I blend the beans before cooking, will it still be the same?
God bless you sure make life easy to cook food I only dream of my hubby is ever praising me now all thanks to you
Aww! Your comment made me smile. I’m glad you find my recipes useful. God bless you more….X
Thanks sisijemimah, you are a blessing.
You’re very welcome…..X
Hi sisi j.. Ow can I. Make ikokore??
Hi. Ikokore recipe will be uploaded soon, probably next week….
I hope my messages does get to u ma’am.. Plz I love ur recipes on how u explain.. Teach more plz
Hi Bammy, I only just read your comment, I wasn’t notified earlier. thanks so much for the kind words, will definitely be uploading more….
Hi Fifi. Yes you can do without the Iru. I’ve tried it so many times without and it turns out just as yummy…..☺️
Hi Sisi Jemimah, can i do without the iru?