Eguisi soup using coconut oil. Eskor show his skill to make a meal of Egusi and Okra Soup using coconut oil and dry fish. This Okra Soup has no palm oil and is prepared in such a way that the okra is not slimy. The Nigerian Banga Soup, prepared with palm fruit oil extract and herbs, is low in saturated fats.
The typical ingredients used for Egusi soup are peppers, Onions, Locust bean and crayfish and we also like to add either beef, Goat meat or dry fish.
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.
You can have Eguisi soup using coconut oil using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Eguisi soup using coconut oil
- It's 1 cup of melon (eguisi; blended).
- You need 0.5 kg of chicken.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of coconut oil.
- It's 2 tablespoon of crayfish (blended).
- You need 1 handful of dry bitter leaf (washed and dried).
- You need 2 cube of knorr chicken spice.
- Prepare to taste of Salt.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chop onions.
- You need 1/4 cup of chop green pepper.
The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with. Ingredients used to make Egusi Soup. Egusi seeds: Egusi (melon seeds) are usually sold in African stores. Palm Oil: Palm oil gives a rich, traditional taste to this soup but you can use olive oil if that is what you have on hand.
Eguisi soup using coconut oil instructions
- Get a clean pot add the cut chicken,add knorr spice, salt then little water place on heat allow to boil for 15 to 20 min.
- Pour stock in a boil,place back pot on heat, add coconut oil and allow to heat for 1 min then add melon, onions, pepper and stir for 2 min.
- Add the meat stock,crayfish, 1/3 cup water and allow to boil for 5 min.
- Add bitter leaf and allow to boil for 10 minutes.
- Food is ready, can be serve with pounded yam or corn flour.
Smoked catfish: This is made from catfish that has been dried and smoked. Preferably do this the day before so making your egusi Egusi soup made the Nigerian way with red palm oil and different kinds of meats. Enjoy with pounded yam, garri or other kids of fufu. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Egusi Soup - Efo Elegusi is an extremely popular Nigerian vegetable soup.
