Recipe: Delicious Egusi Soup

Egusi Soup. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. 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.

It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba. Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi and Ogbono Soup Combo How to cook egusi soup in simple steps Add ground melon to a bowl, add about a cup of water and mix to form a paste then set aside. Wash and chop the spinach, drain in a colander and set aside. You can cook Egusi Soup using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. It's 1/2 kg of goat meat.
2. You need 1/2 cup of shredded stockfish head.
3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of egusi blended.
4. You need 6 of fresh pepper.
5. You need 2 of knorr cube.
6. Prepare to taste of Salt.
7. It's 1 of cksp palm oil.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of sliced uziza leaf.
9. It's 2 tbsp of blended crayfish.
10. Prepare 1 cup of sliced ugu leaf.

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. Nigerian Egusi Soup is made thick using ground melon seeds and leafy vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes.

Egusi Soup instructions

1. Wash and spice goat meat with salt, pepper, knotry cube after 5 mind add stockfish and cook meat till its tender.
2. Once the meat is tender add palm oil and stir add crayfish remaining knorr cube, pepper then stir in the blended egusi and stir continously.
3. You can add little water cover pot and reduce the heat allow it simmer but make sure to stir so it doesn't get burnt.
4. Finally add ugu and after 3mins add uziza leaf and stir. Turn off heat after about 3mins and serve soup with hot eba.

The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish! 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. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with slightly different approaches.