Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, egusi (melon soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. 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 popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Egusi (melon soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egusi (melon soup) using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi (melon soup):
- Get 2 cups Egusi
- Prepare leaf Ugu (pumpkin)
- Prepare Osu (for thickening)
- Make ready Palm oil (red oil)
- Prepare Okpenyi (dried oil bean seed)
- Make ready Seasoning
- Get Chicken or beef
- Make ready Stock fish
- Prepare 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.
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