Egusi soup. Fill Your Cart With Color today! This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different every once in a while.
The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways.
It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba.
Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi and Ogbono Soup Combo How to cook egusi soup in simple steps Add ground melon to a bowl, add about a cup of water and mix to form a paste then set aside.
You can cook Egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- You need of Bitterleaves(long washed).
- Prepare of Egusi.
- It's of Salt.
- Prepare of Crayfish.
- Prepare of Palmoil.
- Prepare of Pepper.
- Prepare cubes of Star.
- Prepare of Stock fish.
- It's of Meat.
Wash and chop the spinach, drain in a colander and set aside. Ground egusi (or pumpkin seeds) is the main ingredient. Other ingredients include red palm oil, African crayfish, meats and fish, seasoning, hot pepper and some form of leafy greens. Nigerian Egusi Soup is made thick using ground melon seeds and leafy vegetables.
Egusi soup step by step
- Blend the egusi to be smooth fry in bleached palmoil..
- Cook stockfish and meat pour in the egusi stir add more water and cook for 15minutes..
- Crayfish,Pepper,salt,stock cubes add all same time cook well..
- Rinse of the bitterleaves and pour in the soup.cook for 3minutes soup is ready..
It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes. The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish! 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.
