Recipe: Tasty Egusi Soup

Egusi Soup. Fill Your Cart With Color today! 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.

How to cook egusi soup in simple steps Add ground melon to a bowl, add about a cup of water and mix to form a paste then set aside. 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. You can cook Egusi Soup using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. It's 2 cups of egusi(grounded).
2. It's 5 of attarugu.
3. You need 1 of big Onion.
4. Prepare 4 tablespoons of crayfish.
5. Prepare Half of a big head Stockfish.
6. It's 2 of Cote fish(cut and fried).
7. It's 3 of cooking spoons P.oil.
8. Prepare of Spices.
9. It's 4 of Stock cubes.
10. It's 1 bunch of cut ugu leaves(#100).
11. It's to taste of Salt.

The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. 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.

Egusi Soup instructions

1. Wash the stock fish very well and put in a clean pot..
2. Pound pepper and three quarters of the Onion and pour over Stockfish. Add water and set on fire..
3. Add in stock cubes, spices and.P.oil. Cover pot. Allow to boil, 10mins..
4. In a clean bowl, pour in egusi. Get remaining Onion and chop into tiny bits and add to egusi. Add a pinch of salt and few drops of water. Mix very well to form a mold..
5. Open pot as stock is boiling and add in egusi mold. Use cooking spoon to mash and scatter egusi mold. It'll become grainy..
6. Add in fried fish and allow egusi to cook. 10mins.
7. Add in Ugu leaves, mix to incorporate, being careful not to get the fish scattered. Allow to simmer, 3mins and put off heat..

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. 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.