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 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- You need 3 cups of egusi.
- Prepare 2 kg of meat.
- You need of Stock fish.
- Prepare of Dry fish.
- You need of Esam(periwrinkle).
- Prepare of Ofor.
- Prepare of Crayfish.
- Prepare of Pepper.
- It's of Palm oil.
- You need of Salt.
- You need cubes of Knorr.
- You need of Bitter leave.
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
- Steam your meat with stock fish Maggi and salt pour it out and dry the pot add palm oil the quantity you want and heat it a bite fry the egusi and crayfish with pepper for 5mins.
- Then you add water to the pot depending on the ingredient you are using and stir add the steam meat and stock fish before covering it to boil together you put the ofor small don't allow it to be too thick.
- You put your dry fish and Maggi with salt leave to cook for some time before you add the esam(periwrinkle) and bitter leave stir together and bring the soup down.
- Meal is ready you can have it with any swallow of your chioce.
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.
