Recipe: Tasty Lumpy Egusi soup

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Today's recipe is the most popular and delicious soup eaten in Nigeria. Egusi soup can be prepared with different methods. Some like it light and watery, while some like it thick but if you love it lumpy and thick, then this recipe is for you. … Egusi soup is one of the most popular Nigerian soups. You can have Lumpy Egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lumpy Egusi soup

1. Prepare of Egusi.
2. You need of Palm oil.
3. Prepare of Cray fish.
4. Prepare of Beef.
5. It's of Stock fish.
6. You need of Cow skin(ponmo).
7. It's leaf of Bitter.
8. You need of Tatashe.
9. You need of Yellow Pepper.
10. It's of Onion.

Egusi aka Egwusi soup is an exotic soup that is cooked, in various parts of West Africa and goes under different names. It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba. In Cameroon, it is sometimes used to make Egusi pudding; a highly addictive pudding. Egusi Soup (with lumps) - a highly indulgent exotic soup popular in most West African countries made with egusi seeds added with chicken, crayfish and smoked fish or depending on one's personal preference.

Lumpy Egusi soup step by step

1. Mix a little water with the egusi to make a lumps.Put a fridge to make it strong..
2. Place your pot on fire,add your palm oil,allow it to get hot,add the grinded pepper and tatashe and a little..
3. Wash your beef and ponmo,cook till it gets soft,keep the stock aside..
4. Add the beef stock to the fried ingredients,add the beef,ponmo,cray fish,stock fish,salt and seasoning.Add the lumpy egusi,cover and allow to cook on a low heat,add the bitter too..

A soup that is hearty and oozing with earthy flavors! Each household have their own way of making egusi soup more appealing! Egusi soup and Eba is my winning meal any day. This evening despite not doing so great, I decided to teach my flatmate how to make Egusi soup. Teaching guys to cook is always an experience.