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 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- You need 2 cup of ground egusi.
- It's 1 bunch of pumpkin leaves(ogu).
- It's 1/2 cup of palm oil.
- Prepare 10 pieces of bee.
- It's 1 of ball of onion.
- It's 1/2 of tea spoon of pepper.
- Prepare 1 of small stock fish.
- You need of dry fish.
- It's 4 of maggi cubes.
- You need l of table spoon of ground crayfish.
- It's 1/2 of tea spoon of salt.
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
- Get a pot place on heat,wash your meat onion salt Maggi stir for 10mins..
- Add stockfish and dry fish for 10mins.
- Mix your egusi with water and roll little, add crayfish allow to cook for 15mins.
- Add vegetables after 2min turn of heat.
- It came out so delicious can be eaten with pounded yam fufu, eba, and semo..
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.
