Seafood
Ground crayfish
Also called crayfish powder, dried crayfish, ground dried shrimp
Small dried freshwater crayfish or shrimp, ground to a coarse powder. The savoury backbone of Nigerian soups.
Origin
Nigeria and the Niger Delta.
Flavour
Intensely shrimpy, salty, smoky.
How to use it
Stir a spoonful into soups, moi-moi batter and stews near the start of cooking. A little goes a long way.
Storage
Airtight in the freezer. It smells through anything else.
Recipes using it
Egusi soup
Nigerian melon-seed soup with palm oil, beef, stockfish, crayfish and greens, eaten with pounded yam.
MediumHot
Moi moi
Mọ́ínmọ́ín
Nigerian steamed bean pudding of skinned black-eyed beans blended with peppers, onion and crayfish, set in cups.
MediumMedium heat
Nigerian pepper soup
Pepper soup
Thin, hot, aromatic Nigerian broth of goat meat simmered with scotch bonnet and the camphorous pepper soup spice blend.
EasyExtra hot
