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 6 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- You need of Egusi.
- You need leaf of Ugu and scent.
- You need of Ponmo,beef,stockfish.
- You need of Pepper, onion,crayfish, Palm oil, maggi,salt.
- It's of o.
- It's of p.
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 meat and stockfish season and boil till tender add grinded pepper and palm oil with diced ponmo and allow to cook.
- Pound ur grinded egusi with onion, a pinch of salt and 1 cube of maggi till oily, then cut in bits into the boiling soup cover allow to cook for 5min, then add ur scent leaf, stir and add ugu leaf. Sommer for 1 min and add grinded crayfish stir and serve with any swallow of choice or rice.
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.
