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 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- It's 2 cups of egusi.
- You need 2 cups of bitterleaf.
- You need 1 kg of beef.
- You need 1 head of stock fish.
- You need 1/2 cup of crayfish.
- It's 2 tbs of pepper.
- It's to taste of Salt.
- It's 2 tsp of dawa.
- Prepare cube of Knorr.
- It's 2 of cooking spoon Red oil.
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
- Wash your meat and put in a pot, add your stock fish, pepper, salt and 2cubes knorr.
- Once the beef is soft, pour more water, add oil and crayfish. Let boil well.
- Add egusi, Dawa, pepper, taste for salt. Stir so that the egusi won't stick in the pot. When it boils very well, you add your already washed bitterleaf. Taste for salt and pepper. Allow to boil very well..
- Enjoy..
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.
