Prep the chicken by washing it with lemon juice and removing any remaining feathers. The lemon juice helps to remove the poultry smell.
Blend one onion, half of the ginger, fresh herbs, and garlic. Use a little bit of water to help with the blending.
Place the chicken in your soup pot and add salt to taste, the spice blends, and the blended onion mixture. Stir and let it season for about 30 minutes. Also add in the rest of the onions, tomatoes, tomato paste, and pepper. Also, slice the remaining ginger and add it.
Now prep the Wrewre by toasting in the oven or dry toasting on the hob. Before toasting, do check and remove any remaining debris found in it.
If toasting in the oven, pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius and toast for about 30 minutes. Use a wide oven tray to help spread out the Wrewre for an even toasting. Also, stir the Wrewre15minutes into the toasting time to ensure an even toasting.
Start steaming the chicken including everything else in the pot. You may need to add extra water to help the chicken to tenderize to your preference.
Once the Wrewre has browned lightly, remove it from the oven and mill it into a coarse paste.
Extract the Wrewre milk by blending the coarse paste with water and using a fine sieve to strain it. Repeat this step a couple of times until the water becomes clear and nonmilky. Then throw away the chaff. Use about 3 liters of water for this process.
Now using a finer sieve, re-strain the milky solution a couple of times to remove as much chuff as possible. The result should be silky smooth milk with little or no grits when passed through the fingertips.
Now check on your steaming pot, the vegetables would have softened up, ready to be removed and blended. Check the seasoning of the chicken and correct it with salt.
Blend the onion, tomatoes, and pepper. Add it back into the soup pot. Cover and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until a light layer of oil forms.
Now add the Wrewre milk to the pot, straining it once more.
Turn up the heat and let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes. Then turn down the heat and let it simmer gently until cooked to perfection. This stage could take an hour depending on your heat settings. Your soup is ready when the consistency is right for you and a layer of oil forms at the top. Check my tips below to know when the soup is cooked
