LIGHT SOUP (Mutton)

Almost every household in Ghana, will buy fresh ingredients for their light soup on a Saturday morning. (Light soup is a spicy tomato based soup). Light soup and Fufu (a mixture of Cassava and Plantain) on a Saturday or Sunday lunch, in Ghana, is what a roast is to the British on Sunday. Light soup can be made with beef, Goat meat, Chicken, Lamb or Mutton. 

Ingredients;

Serves 6

1.5 kg of mutton cut into sizeable chunks (ask your butcher to cut into your preferred chunks)

3 large tomatoes

25g cleaned ginger cut into chunks

2 large onions

2 cloves of peeled garlic

20g of de stalked kpakpo shito Ghanaian chillies ( Pettie Belle) 

1 teaspoon of carom seeds (optional)

80g of tomato paste

3 litres of Chicken stock (your preferred stock) or Water  

Alternatively you can use 2 Bouillon cube

Salt

Method;

Wash and clean your mutton and place in a bowl.

In a blender add the ginger, 1 chopped onion, garlic, carom seeds and 10g of Kpakpo shito

Add a little water and blend to a smooth paste. 

Add the paste to the mutton

Mix the paste well into the mutton and refrigerate overnight or at least for 2hrs . 

Remove your mutton from the fridge and place in a saucepan or clay pot. 

Place your saucepan on a medium heat and steam your meat in it's juices, (add a little water if needed).

Cook slowly for about 30 minutes and add your tomato paste. 

If you're using Bouillon cube;

 Crumble your preferred cube into the sauce at this stage. 

Mix till well combined and cook for a further 5 minutes, making sure you stir constantly.

 

Add your  fresh tomatoes and 1 whole onion and cook for a further 3 minutes. 

Add 1.5 litres of your preferred stock  or water and cook for a further 15 minutes

The tomatoes and onion should be cooked through now. 

Remove the tomatoes and onion and place in a blender. 

Add the remaining stock/ water to the blender. 

Blend to a smooth consistency. 

Using a fine colander, pass the tomato and onion blend through into a bowl 

Add your strained juice to the mutton and cook for a further 20-25 minutes. 

Add the remaining Kpakpo shito (Pettie belle chillies) and cook for a further 5 minutes. 

Taste the mutton to make sure it's tender. 

Add salt to taste and enjoy. 

Best served with steamed Okra, Fufu, Yam & Rice. 
Watch how to prepare Goat Meat light soup on my YouTube channel, 'Ndudu by Fafa' below;

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