Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor.
Egusi soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Egusi soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Take Egusi 1 and half cup
- Make ready Usu
- Take Crayfish
- Make ready Pepper half cup
- Prepare Uwgu
- Take Onion
- Prepare Red oil
- Make ready Prawn
- Take Pomo
- Make ready Stock fish
- Make ready Smoked panla
- Make ready Turkey/chicken /beef
- Get Seasoning
- Prepare to taste Salt
It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors! See the video below on how to make Egusi Soup. Egusi soup is an appetizing soup to behold. Find out the many tricks of preparing this popular soup using the caking method.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Ground the crayfish, usu and egusi together. Rinse the smoke fish and dry prawn with warm salt water, boil the pomo, boil turkey and set aside
- Heat the red oil, add grated pepper and onion, let it cook for a while, u can add small water this will help it cook well, add meat stock
- Grate or blend onion, add to the egusi, mix it well and add to the pot
- The egusi changes color when its ready, stir gently n allow fry a bit, add all protein, small water and seasoning of choice, trust me chicken flavor or knor chicken will be fine. Stir n cover
- Rinse the uwgu, add to the pot and stir. Taste to check if salt is ok
- Serve with semo, pound yam or any swallow of your choice.. Guess what it also go well with rice 😋
Egusi soup, also called melon soup is an absolute delightful delicacy enjoyed all over West Africa. Egusi soup or melon soup is made from the dry seeds of the melon plant closely related to squash. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Egusi (also known by variations including agusi, agushi) is the name for the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants (squash, melon, gourd), which after being dried and ground are used as a major ingredient in West African cuisine.
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