Egusi soup. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different every once in a while. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds.
It is one of the most popular soups prepared by most tribes in Nigeria with considerable variation and often eaten with dishes like Pounded Yams.
Prepare it with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish!
Nigerian Egusi Soup Recipes Nigerian Egusi Soup The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways.
You can have Egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Egusi soup
- Prepare of Fresh meat.
- Prepare of Smoked fish.
- Prepare of Poma.
- You need of Palm oil.
- You need of Diced onion,Diced tomatoes,Diced pepper.
- Prepare of Spinach or collard greens.
- You need of Salt, cayenne pepper.
- Prepare of Seasoning.
- You need of Ground egusi.
It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba. Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is often accompanied with swallows like Eba, Amala, Semovita, Pounded yam, Fufu, and the likes. Some hardcore like I am will even serve over Rice.
Egusi soup step by step
- Use a pot to heat d palm oil.
- Clean d stock fish and boil in another pot with onions till soft..
- Add d meat to it and allowed to boil for 30mint.
- Then add d onions,pepper,seasoning,grinded melon, and crayfish to d heated oil and allow steaming for 1mint.
- Pour in d cooked ingredients into d fried ones and allowed to boil for 10mint.
- Add pumpkin leave (ugu) and salt to taste and allow to simmer for 5mints.
Egusi Soup is a soup made with a white kind of pumpkin seeds (obtainable from African stores or Amazon.com). Ground egusi (or pumpkin seeds) is the main ingredient. Other ingredients include red palm oil, African crayfish, meats and fish, seasoning, hot pepper and some form of leafy greens. 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.