Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, egusi (melon soup). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup. In my few years as a food blogger and Like I stated on the introductory page; Egusi (melon) soup is the most popular of all Nigerian soup. Hey Guys, Here's how to make one of Nigeria's favorite dishes.
Egusi (melon soup) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Egusi (melon soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egusi (melon soup) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi (melon soup):
- Prepare 2 cups Egusi
- Get leaf Ugu (pumpkin)
- Get Osu (for thickening)
- Prepare Palm oil (red oil)
- Make ready Okpenyi (dried oil bean seed)
- Take Seasoning
- Get Chicken or beef
- Take Stock fish
- Get Crayfush
- Make ready Salt
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Instructions to make Egusi (melon soup):
- Grind melon seeds with the Osu, okpenyi, crayfish and set aside
- Cut the Ugu (pumpkin) leaf and set aside.
- Cook the chicken or beef with stockfish until almost soft not soft
- Add the grinded melon. The OSU in the melon will make it look thicker. Make sure you stir properly so it doesn't burn.
- The melon is done when signs of water has almost disappeared.
- Add some water to get your desired consistency. Add salt (please very little - melon is sensitive to salt) and a seasoning cube.
- Allow to cook for about five minutes then add the vegetable.
- After the vegetable has cooked for 2 minutes, please turn off the heat so the vegetables doesn't get darker.
- Serve your soup with either semolina fufu or any other type of your choice.
It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is. Egusi soup is an appetizing soup to behold. The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds , is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe.
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