White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites
White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites

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White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites #soupchallenge Egusi are seeds of a wild growing melon called the Egusi Melon. These seeds are super nutritious and can be enjoyed whole or ground. White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites #soupchallenge Egusi are seeds of a wild growing melon called the Egusi Melon. These seeds are super nutritious and can be enjoyed whole or ground.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have white bean and swiss chard egusi soup with seed coated polenta bites using 20 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites:
  1. Make ready 1 Cup Small White beans soaked for 2 hours
  2. Prepare 3 tablespoons coconut oil
  3. Take 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  4. Make ready 3 Small Red chillies, finely chopped with their seeds
  5. Take 1 Tablespoon dried mixed herbs
  6. Get 4 Cups Green Swiss Chard (Spinach), vein removed and chopped
  7. Take 2 Jam tomatoes, sliced
  8. Make ready 2 Cubes vegetable stock
  9. Get 500 ml hot water
  10. Make ready 3 tablespoons oat bran
  11. Get 3 tablespoons ground egusi
  12. Take 1 teaspoon dried garlic flakes
  13. Prepare 1/2 Cup polenta
  14. Get 2 Cups boiled water
  15. Take Pinch salt
  16. Get 1 teaspoon butter
  17. Make ready 3 tablespoons mixed seeds
  18. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon herbal salt
  19. Prepare 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
  20. Prepare 2 Cloves fresh garlic finely chopped

Add half and half, stir to combine, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Add beans and reduce to a bare simmer. Drain the chard, reserving any liquid that remains. This is an savoury soup, smoky from the bacon and earthy from the beans.

Steps to make White Bean and Swiss Chard Egusi Soup with seed coated Polenta bites:
  1. Method for the soup: Boil the beans in a pot with 2 cups of boiling water. Put the lid on, boil until the water dried out. Add another cup of boiling water and boil again until the water dried out.
  2. Reduce the heat to medium and add to the beans the coconut oil, onion, chillies and 2 cloves fresh garlic. Sauté for 15 minutes.
  3. Add the mixed herbs and Swiss chard. Cook for another 15 minutes.
  4. Dilute the one vegetable stock cube in 500ml hot water and add this to the pot. Add the sliced tomatoes. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 15 minutes.
  5. Add the second vegetable stock cube directly to the pot - no need to dilute. Add the egusi powder and garlic flakes. Simmer for another 15 minutes and switch the stove off. The soup is ready.
  6. Method for the Polenta bites: Add the boiled water to a pot on low heat. Add salt and polenta, whisking to avoid lumps.
  7. Add butter and let it cook for 20 minutes with the lid on.
  8. Pour the polenta into a container and let it cool off completely. It will harden.
  9. Add seeds and herbal salt into a bowl.
  10. Slice polenta into cubes and rub the cubes in the seeds and salt mixture.
  11. Heat the coconut oil on high and fry the polenta until seeds are golden brown.
  12. Serve soup in a bowl and add Polenta bites on top.

Drain the chard, reserving any liquid that remains. This is an savoury soup, smoky from the bacon and earthy from the beans. Serve it with a bit of good bread and you have a meal in a bowl. A meal that warms from within. Loaded with legumes and dark greens.

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