Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Egusi Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Egusi Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi Soup:
- Take 2 cup egusi blended
- Get 1 kg goat meat
- Take 2 tbsp crayfish
- Make ready 1/2 cup ogbono blended
- Prepare 1 big head stock fish
- Take 1 big smoked fish
- Get 1 cksp red oil
- Prepare 4 cubes knorr cube
- Take 10 piece pepper blended
- Get 2 tomatoes
- Make ready 3 cups slice ugu leaf
- Make ready 1 onion diced
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:
- Cut goatmeat into small cubes, season with 1/2 onion and one Knorr Cube add the stockfish. Add a little water and boil for about 10 minutes or until tender. Set aside
- Mix the ground egusi in half a cup of water and; blend tomatoes, pepper, and the remaining onion and set aside.
- Heat the palm oil in another pot; pour tomatoes paste into the hot oil, stir for about 5mins and add the Egusi mixture. Stir well and allow it to fry for a moment. Add the crayfish, and the remaining stock cube, stir well
- Add little water and allow to cook for five minutes. Add the boiled goatmeat and stir. Turn the heat down and simmer for a further two minutes.
- Wash and finely slice the Ugu leaves. Add to the soup and stir. Continue to simmer for a further five minutes to allow the vegetables to soften. Serve with fufu or eba.
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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