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 cook Egusi soup using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- Prepare 1 cup of egusi(ground).
- Prepare 1/2 of kilo beef.
- You need 1/2 of pumpkin leaf (sliced).
- You need 3 of table spoon crayfish (ground).
- Prepare 3 cube of maggi.
- Prepare 5 of Fresh pepper (ground).
- You need to taste 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 instructions
- Get a clean pot, wash meat very well put inside pot, add Maggie, salt and pepper.
- Place on heat add water allow to boil for 16minutes.
- Then add crayfish and oil allow to boil for 4 minutes.
- Pour egusi in a plate, add little water stir and pour in the pot.
- Allow to boil for 3 minutes.
- Stir very well.
- Then add pumpkin leaf and stir, turn off heat immediate.
- Soup is ready.
- So delicious can be eaten with wheat, semo etc as seen in the picture.
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.
