Recipe: Yummy Egusi soup

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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.

Egusi soup 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 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi soup

  1. Prepare of Egwusi.
  2. Prepare of Palm oil.
  3. You need of Crayfish.
  4. You need of Onion.
  5. It's of Tomato(optional).
  6. Prepare of Maggi.
  7. It's of Salt.
  8. Prepare of Beef.
  9. It's of Fish.
  10. Prepare of Vegetable.

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. You wash up the beef and the fish separately first and put the beef in a pot...Add water and a little maggi,onion and salt...When the beef gets a bit tender, you add up the stockfish to it. When it boils, you put it down and set aside.
  2. Get your ingredients ready..Grind your egwusi and set aside...Do same to the crayfish and set aside in another plate...Also grind the pepper separately..slice the onion and tomatoes and set aside too.
  3. You set your pot on the gas till it dries up....then you add a little bit of oil to it(enough to cover your egwusi). After that, you pour in your onion and stir for a while after which you put in the egwusi and start frying....this should be done at low heat to prevent it from burning..
  4. Add the stock from the beef and fish little by little while you keep stirring then you add up the tomato and pepper and continue stirring. Put in the beef and fish at this point too!.
  5. You leave to boil for a while but continually stir in between...Then you add up the ground crayfish, maggi and salt to taste and you cover the pot for a while..
  6. Slice up the pumpkin leaves at this point and add to the soup mixture....stir for a while and put down.
  7. Best served with fufu(akpu) or semolina and chilled water.
  8. .

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.


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