Recipe: 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 have Egusi Soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. You need 2 cups of Egusi seeds (Grounded).
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Palm oil.
3. It's of ugwu  other fresh vegetable.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Cray fish about grounded.
5. You need 1 of table spoonful Dried pepper to taste.
6. Prepare 2 of Maggi cubes.
7. It's 1 of bulb Red Onions (Chopped).
8. It's to taste of Salt.
9. It's 1/2 cup of stock fish.
10. You need 1/2 kg of Assorted meat – beef, cow tongue.
11. You need 3 of Chopped tomatoes (blended).
12. You need 2 of Fresh pepper blended.

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. Put your meat into a pot. Add salt and a small amount of water (about 2cups), one or two maggi cubes and bring to boil for about 30 minutes until soft and tender to taste..
2. While that is cooking, put your blended tomatoes, fresh and or dried pepper, onions into a blender and blend to a smooth paste.
3. Take grounded egusi and put in a bowl, add water to egusi in the bowl and stir to form a paste..
4. The meat should have finished cooking by now. Get a big pot. Place it on the cooker and allow it to be hot. Pour red palm oil in the pot. Allow the oil to warm for about 1 minute. Pour the blended tomatoes, fresh/dried pepper, onion paste into the oil and stir fry for about another 10 -15 mutes..
5. Now add the cooked meat to this base of stew and cover the pot and allow to simmer for about 3 minutes. Stir intermittently to prevent burning..
6. Add egusi paste to the stew with meat in it, after 7mins add your vegetables here, salt and one or two cubes of maggi if still required to taste and bring to boil for about 10 minutes. Stir intermittently..

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.