How to Prepare 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 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. Prepare 1 cup of egusi melon.
2. It's 1 cup of palm oil.
3. You need 1 of onion bulb medium size.
4. You need 1 bunch of ugwu(pumpkin leaf).
5. It's 1 of and half cup of water.
6. It's 2 of table spoon of crayfish.
7. You need 200 kg of ice fish.
8. Prepare 3 cubes of maggi and a tea spoon of salt.
9. It's 4 of fresh pepper.

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, onions and crayfish,also wash and cut your bunch of ugwu leaf.
2. Light your stove, wash your fish and boil,boil for 5minutes and drop the pot.
3. Put a new pot on the fire and pour your palm oil into the pot,allow it to bleach a little and pour in your egusi and start frying.
4. Stir while it fry to prevent it from burning, fry for about 15minutes and add the boiled fish water.
5. Add your blended pepper and onions, and crayfish,.
6. Add your boiled fish, maggi and salt and allow it to boil for 3minutes.
7. Wash your sliced or cut bunch of ugwu (pumpkin leaf),cover the pot,let it boil for 5seconds.
8. Drop the pot and serve,you can serve it hot or cold.

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.