Recipe: Perfect Egusi soup

Egusi soup. This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different every once in a while. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor.

Wash and chop the spinach, drain in a colander and set aside. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes. The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can cook Egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi soup

1. It's 2 cups of melon powder.
2. It's 150 ml of palm oil.
3. It's 100 g of Blended tomato/pepper/onion.
4. Prepare 500 g of chicken.
5. You need 50 g of ugwu leaf.
6. It's 5 g of washed bitterleaf.
7. It's 100 g of crayfish (blended).
8. It's 4 cubes of maggi.
9. It's to taste of Salt.
10. You need of Spices.

You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish! The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways. It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba. Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi and Ogbono Soup Combo Fried Egusi Soup [Video] Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Egusi [Video] Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup.

Egusi soup step by step

1. Wash meat, season and cook until tender and set aside.
2. Heat up oil and fry blended tomato combo, whent it's fried enough add your maggi and stir, add melon powder, spread it round and don't stir, cover the pot and lower your gas and cook for 5 minutes. Open the pot and stir well, add meat stock and meat then stir, add blended crayfish, bitterleaf and add more water if it is too thick, cover the pot and allow to cook for 10 minutes. Add ugwu and taste for salt, cover the pot and cook for a minute..
3. Remove from heat and stir. Serve with swallow of your choice and enjoy😋😋.

In my few years as a food blogger and Nigerian food lover, I have learned that different recipes exist across different Nigerian ethnic groups. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with slightly different approaches. Nigerian Egusi Soupis a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by most tribes in Nigeria with considerable variation and often eaten with dishes like Pounded Yams. Prepare it with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish!