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 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- You need of Egusi.
- It's of Palm oil.
- It's leaf of Bitter.
- You need of Sum grind pepper and onions.
- You need of Stock fish.
- Prepare of Smoke fish.
- Prepare of Beef.
- Prepare of Chicken.
- You need of Beef stock.
- It's of Seasoning.
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
- Stir fry your pepper and onion then add beef stock and allow it to cook.
- Make a thick paste with your egusi keep it aside.
- Add your beef, chicken, smoke fish and stock fish into that soup and allow it to cook.
- After sum minutes you add the egusi paste into the soup do not stir allow it to cook for atleast 3 mins then add your chopped bitter leaf and stir, leave it to cook for minutes and it done 👍.
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.
