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Nigerian Catfish Pepper Soup (popularly known
as Point & Kill) is that Nigerian pepper soup that
is usually eaten in exclusive Nigerian bars and
restaurants.
Even if you can get Nigerian Pepper Soup in any
road side restaurant, you'll need to dig deep to
find restaurants where you can have the correct
Point & Kill.
So why is it called Point & Kill? Usually
when a group of guests arrive at these exclusive
bars and order Catfish Pepper Soup, at least one
of the group will need to go to a big bowl where
some live catfish are swimming around and point
out a catfish. The catfish will then be killed in
the guest's presence and taken away for
preparation. So you see; you point and it is killed
for you! lol
[color=blue]Ingredients for Catfish Pepper Soup[/color]
500g Cat Fish
4 Ehu or Ariwo or Calabash Nutmeg seeds
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Habanero Pepper or chilli pepper (to taste)
A few scent leaves
2 medium onions
Salt (to taste)
2 big stock cubes
[color=aqua]Alternative Ingredients for Catfish Pepper Soup[/color]
1. Conger Eel (Congrio in Spanish) is a good
alternative to catfish. When buying the
Conger Eel, ensure you buy the part
towards the tail so that the fish cuts will
not have big holes in them.
2. Parsley is a good alternative to scent
leaves.
For grinding the ehu seeds, you will need:
A spice/coffer grinder: Buy it in USA | in UK
Before you cook the Nigerian Catfish Pepper
Soup
1. To prepare Cat Fish Pepper Soup, wash
and cut the cat fish into 1-inch thick
slices. Boil some hot water and pour on the
pieces of fish, stir and remove immediately.
This toughens the skin of the fish so that it
does not fall apart during cooking.
2. Now it is time to
prepare the 'secret'
ingredient. Using an
old frying pan, roast
the Ehu seeds
(stirring constantly)
till you can smell it. Don't worry you will
know when it is OK to take it off because it
has a distinctive aroma. Another way to
know that it is OK is to take one of the
seeds and try to remove the outer
membrane. If the membrane comes off
easily, then the Ehu is done.
3. Peel off the
membrane from all
the Ehu seeds and
grind with a dry mill.
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4. Cut the onions into
tiny pieces.
5. Wash and pick the scent leaves and tear
them up with your fingers into small pieces.
[color=orange]Cooking Directions[/color]
1. Place the pieces of fish in a pot and pour
water to just cover the fish, add the stock
cubes and bring to the boil.
2. Once it starts to boil add the ground ehu,
onions, habanero pepper and scent leaves
and continue cooking.
3. Once the catfish is done, add salt to taste
and leave to simmer for about 5 minutes
and it's ready!
Catfish Pepper Soup should always be served
hot. It can be eaten alone with a chilled drink. I
love to eat it with Agidi , Boiled White Rice or
Boiled Yam.[/b]
