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Vegetarian Light Soup

Vegetarian-friendly alternative to the classic Ghanaian tomato-based spicy soup.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time38 minutes
Total Time46 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Keyword: african ingredients, ghanaian recipes, ghanaian soup, soup
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried mushrooms I used shiitake and wood ear
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 2 scotch bonnet peppers you can deseed these or omit entirely for less spice
  • 1 thumb size ginger
  • 2 tbsp of red palm oil
  • 1.5 tbsp of miso
  • 2 tbsp of better than bouillon paste
  • 1/2 tsp of powder dawa dawa
  • 2 tbsp of tomato paste
  • 1/2 packet of smoked tofu
  • 1.5 litres water

Instructions

  • Start by boiling the mushrroms in 1 litre of water at medium heat
  • When the pot comes to a boil, add in your fresh tomatoes, onion, ginger and scotch bonnet pepper
  • Let this boil at medium heat till the skins start to peel off the tomatoes
  • Blend the tomatoes, ginger, onion and pepper with 1/2 a litre of water till smooth
  • Pour the blended mixture into the pot and bring to a boil
  • Once the soup is boiling, add in your tomato paste, miso, dawa dawa, better than bouillon paste and palm oil
  • Let the soup boil for 35 minutes at medium low till the soup thickens, there is no foam and the palm oil has fully settled to the top
  • Serve with rice or swallow of choice.