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Melon (Egusi) Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Melon (Egusi) Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook melon (egusi) soup using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Melon (Egusi) Soup:
- Get 4 cups melon (as desired) blended smooothly
- Get 1 medium size Onion blended to a smooth paste with water
- Get Meats of your choice
- Make ready Stock fish
- Take Ponmo
- Prepare Locust bean
- Prepare Dry Catfish
- Take Meat stock
- Prepare cubes Seasoning
- Get Salt
- Take Fresh bonnet peppers blended
- Get Palm oil
- Prepare Crayfish blended with the melon
- Get pumpkin leafs sliced
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Steps to make Melon (Egusi) Soup:
- Wash the meats and everything needed thoroughly. Cook the meat with the ponmo and stockfish together with seasoning cubes and salt. Drop from heat and sieve the stock. Set aside.
- Wash the dry Catfish thoroughly with warm water and set aside. - I used chicken for this melon soup and fried it lightly. I like my meats lightly fried for some soups.. The choice is yours
- Blend the pepper with water separately from the melon. - Pour the blended melon, crayfish in a bowl and add the blended onions. - Mix to combine and form a thick paste.
- Put the pot for the soup on fire. Add palm oil, the blended fresh peppers, - Allow to boil for like 2 minutes.
- Use your washed hands or spoon to cut lumps of the mixed melon into the boiling pepper Mix. Don't stir. Allow to fry for like 3minutes. Before stirring gently.
- Add the meat stock and locust bean. - If the meat water(stock) added is not enough to cook the soup, please add ordinary water. Gauge with your eyes. - - Allow to boil for some minutes until it molds. Then add your meat, fish, ponmo and other available fish..
- Stir gently, taste for seasoning cubes and salt. Add the pumpkin leafs and drop from heat.
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