Recipe: Appetizing Egusi soup

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 have Egusi soup using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi soup

1. It's 2 cups of egusi.
2. You need of Beef.
3. You need of Fresh fish.
4. You need of Smoked fish.
5. You need of Stock fish.
6. Prepare of Crayfish.
7. Prepare 2 of knorr cube.
8. It's of Fresh pepper.
9. You need of Palm oil.
10. It's 2 of medium sized onion.
11. Prepare of Pumpkin leaf/ ugu.
12. It's to taste of Salt.

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

1. Blend your your egusi with little crayfish, pour in a plate and add some water then cover..
2. In a mota pound your fresh pepper and crayfish and set aside.
3. Place a pot of oil on fire, hit a little then add your chopped onion then followed by your egusi paste. And fry till it's slightly dry..
4. Now pour your already steamed meat, fresh fish and stock fish then followed by your pounded pepper and crayfish and then cover the pot to simmer for about 10 to 15mins so the egusi will be well cooked and won't have that raw taste in it..
5. Now add your pumpkin leaf/ugu, stir together and bring down the pot.
6. Your delicious egusi soup is ready. Serve with any swallow of your choice.
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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.