Egusi soup. Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.
Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. You can have Egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- It's 1 cup of Egusi powder.
- You need of Pepper.
- It's of Red bell pepper.
- It's of Onions.
- You need of Curry.
- You need of Maggi.
- Prepare of crayfish.
- It's of Stock fish.
- You need of Beef.
- Prepare of Palm oil.
- It's of Ugu.
Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds. It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors! See the video below on how to make Egusi Soup. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables.
Egusi soup instructions
- In a pot add your washed beef, stock fish and cook with 1 maggi.
- In a pan fry your Heidi in a hot palm oil.
- In a different pot fry onion, red bell pepper and pepper.
- Add the cooked beef and stock fish.
- Add little water and than add the egusi.
- Add crayfish, Maggi, Curry.
- Add ugu leaf and cook a little.
- It's done and eat.
- Enjoy with semo,eba,or yam.
Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Egusi Soup is a rich and savory West African soup made with ground melon seeds (egusi seeds) and eaten with fufu dishes. Egusi Soup - Nigerian Melon Seed Stew. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. Egusi, or melon seeds, is a staple ingredient in many West African dishes and makes a great thickening base for soups and stews.