How to Prepare Tasty Egusi Soup

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 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. It's 1 cup of ground egusi.
2. You need 1 of large onion.
3. Prepare 5 of tattasai.
4. You need 10 of scotch bonnet.
5. Prepare 4 of seasoning cube.
6. Prepare cloves of Garlic.
7. You need of Meat.
8. You need of Fish.
9. Prepare of Chicken.
10. You need to taste of Salt.
11. You need Half of cup palm oil.
12. It's 2 table spoon of Daddawa.
13. It's Bunch of ugu.
14. You need leaves of Few moringa.
15. You need leaves of Few bitter leaves.

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

1. Pound egusi and onion do not add water.
2. Continue ponding until a little oily.
3. .
4. Perboil meat and chicken adding seasoning cube daddawa and salt.
5. Blend pepper, scotch bonnet garlic and onion then fry in palm oil.
6. Mix with the chicken stock and cook for 15 minutes.
7. Add in egusi paste do not stir and cover until water is drained out leaving oil.
8. Add in vegetables ugu moringa and bitter leaf cook for 5 minutes and cover.
9. At this time your swallow should be ready. And ready to enjoy..

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.