How to Cook Perfect Egusi soup

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 cook Egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egusi soup

1. You need 1 cup of Egusi (ground).
2. It's 5 of fresh pepper.
3. Prepare 1 of onion bulb medium.
4. It's 1 of kilo beef.
5. It's 1/2 cup of stockfish.
6. Prepare 2 tablespoon of Crayfish (ground).
7. Prepare 1 handful of washed bitterleaf.
8. Prepare to taste of Salt.
9. Prepare 4 cube of maggi.
10. You need 1/2 cup of palm oil.

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 step by step

1. Wash and blend pepper and onion.
2. Wash beef, stockfish with salt, get a clean pot put beef and stockfish into the pot, add Maggi and salt then allow to heat for 25min.
3. Add onion, pepper blended, add crayfish allow to boil for 5min then add palm oil allow to boil for 5min.
4. Pour ground Egusi in a plate add little water then stir pour the paste in the pot allow to boil for 3min.
5. Add bitter leaf and allow to boil for 5mins Then stir all the ingredients together then turn off heat.
6. Egusi soup is ready. So so sweet and can be eaten with fufu.

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.