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 have Egusi soup using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- It's 500 g of red cow meat.
- Prepare 500 g of cow skin.
- You need 500 g of cow shaki.
- You need 1 of onion.
- Prepare 1 of knorr cube.
- You need 100 g of Ugwu fluted pumpkin.
- Prepare 100 g of palmoil.
- Prepare 3 of milk cups of egusi.
- It's 50 g of crayfish.
- Prepare 10 of cameroun pepper.
- It's 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
- Wash and cut all the meat types into bits. Add salt and cut up the onion and place on heat for about 45mins till soft.
- Cut up ugwu into bits. Add palmoil then egusi blended mixture of pepper egusi and egusi.
- Allow to simmer and serve.
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.
