Recipe: Tasty Egusi soup 🥣

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 a popular West African 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 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egusi soup 🥣

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of Egusi.
2. It's of Palm oil.
3. Prepare of Ugu Leaves 🍃.
4. You need of Tomatoes 🍅.
5. You need of Spices.
6. Prepare of Salt.
7. Prepare of Pepper.
8. It's of Onions.

Egusi soup is a culinary soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient. Egusi seeds are the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous (squash, melon, gourd) plants. Egusi soup is common and prevalent across Central Africa, and may be served atop rice. Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds.

Egusi soup 🥣 step by step

1. Wash your Ugu leaves and cut it, keep aside, grind your tomato, pepper and onions..
2. Add palm oil to your pot and heat then add the grinded tomatoes, pepper and onions, Leave it for 2minute to fry, add water, spices and salt then allow to cook..
3. After like 40minute then add your Egusi, allow it to cook for 3minute, then add ugu leaves and onions allow to cook for 2minute, serve with Alkibus, Tuwon shinkafa, Waina, etc..

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