Smoked turkey and pumpkin seed soup

Ingredients

2 Small onions, one chopped and one whole
1 clove garlic, (crushed)
1 smoked turkey thigh (available by the meat counter), cut into pieces
1 1/2 cup of a smooth paste made with melon or pumpkin seeds (blend into a mixer with some water) or 1 cup of pre-made “egusi” grain also blended in a smooth paste
3 cups water
1/2 cup tomato paste
2 fresh tomatoes
oil
Salt, pepper, oregano, chili (to taste)
2 whole scotch bonnet peppers (to flavor the soup)

1.	Heat up oil in a pot over medium heat. Cook onions and garlic until fragrant
2.	Add the turkey chunks (including the bones)
3.	Add the water and bring to a boil. Mix in the tomato paste
4.	Add the fresh tomatoes and whole onion and cook for 15 minutes
5.	Make a homogeneous paste with the pumpkin seeds (grind the seeds with water in a blender) or, if available, use some pre-packaged powdered egusi also blended into a smooth paste
6.	Add the smooth, almost creamy pumpkin seed paste to the pot. Mix well
7.	Remove the cooked whole tomatoes and onion, puree them in a blender and add them back into the pot
8.	Add the spices to taste and the whole peppers
9.	Add the spices to taste and the whole peppers
10.	Serve with white rice, attieke or foutou.