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 cook Egusi Soup using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Egusi Soup
- You need 1 cup of blended melon (egusi).
- It's 1 of cksp palm oil.
- It's 4 of fresh pepper dice.
- You need to taste of salt.
- It's 1/2 bunch of pumpkin leaf sliced.
- It's 1 of fresh tomatoes diced.
- It's 1/2 kg of chicken.
- You need 2 tbsp of blended crayfish.
- You need 2 cube of maggi.
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
- Wash and perboil chicken, once its tender and soft, add palm oil into the pot of cooked chicken.
- Add egusi and stir continously for about 8 to 10 minutes, once the egusi is cooked through, add pepper, tomatoes, salt, maggi, crayfish and stir properly.
- Simmer for about 5 minutes and once its cooked through add pumpkin leaf, stir and turn off heat after 2 minute.
- Serve with eba or fufu.
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.
