Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, egusi soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 - Today I'm going to be showing you how to make Egusi soup since I made my last egg this would be a lot of you have been asking me to make.
Egusi soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Egusi soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Get Egusi
- Make ready Crayfish
- Get Assorted meat
- Take 2 Stock fish
- Take 2 Dry fish
- Make ready Scotch bonnet
- Take 1 large onion bulb
- Take Black pepper
- Prepare 2 Calabar nutmeg
- Get 4 Seasoning cubes
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt
- Prepare Palm oil
- Take Beef seasoning
- Get Dry ginger or fresh ginger
- Make ready 3 garlic clove
- Prepare 2 cups water
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. Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Assemble your ingredients.
- Soak the stock fish in hot water for 20min
- Wash your meats and place in pot and add blended scotch bonnet mixture
- Add the stock fish and coarsely grounded black pepper, ginger and nutmeg
- Add salt
- Beef seasoning
- Seasoning cubes
- Slice onions
- Add water enough to cover the meat. I add 2 cups because i want my meat to be soft especially because it has cow skin (ganda)
- Ground your crashfish and mix with the egusi
- Mix till combined
- Add your palm oil to the egusi. Mix and set aside till your meat is soft
- Now scoop the mixture into the your meat as shown in the picture
- Cook till oil appears on the surface. Adjust seasoning to taste
- Now add your ugwu leaves. I washed it with salt and drain before adding
- Tadaa! It's ready. Typically igbo style. You should try it really.
- I served mine with semovita meal
- Yeppie! Enjoy
- Note: these egusi soup is healthier because the oil is cooked and not fried
Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. Egusi soup, also called melon soup is an absolute delightful delicacy enjoyed all over West Africa. Egusi soup or melon soup is made from the dry seeds of the melon plant closely related to squash. Egusi, or melon seeds, is a staple ingredient in many West African dishes and makes a great Start by grounding the egusi into a thick paste, then add the meat and veggies and simmer the soup until.
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