Egusi Soup. Fill Your Cart With Color today! This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different every once in a while.
How to cook egusi soup in simple steps Add ground melon to a bowl, add about a cup of water and mix to form a paste then set aside. Wash and chop the spinach, drain in a colander and set aside. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes. You can have Egusi Soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Egusi Soup
- Prepare 3 cups of Blended Egusi.
- It's 1 kg of goat meat,.
- You need 1/2 cup of stock fish pieces,.
- It's 1 cup of kpomo.
- Prepare 3 Tbsp of blended crayfish,.
- Prepare 1 cup of dried fish clean and deboned.
- Prepare 1 of small bunch of Ugwu sliced.
- Prepare 11/2 of cksp palm oil,.
- It's 2 of Stock Cubes,.
- It's 1 of small onions,.
- You need 4 of large fresh tomatoes,.
- Prepare 4 of fresh pepper.
- It's 2 of tatashe.
The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish! The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways. It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba.
Egusi Soup step by step
- Cut the goat meat into small chunks, season with onion, pepper, salt and 1 Stock Cube. after 10mins add stock fish and kpomo, cook till meat and stock fish is tender..
- Blend onions, pepper, tomatoes and tatashe and while you are at it, Mix the blended egusi in half a cup of water set aside.
- Heat the palm oil in another pot and add the Egusi mixture. Stir well and allow it to fry for a moment. Add the blend tomatoes paste and stir well..
- Then add crayfish, remaining stock cube and salt to taste. Add the meat stock water after 5mins add the boiled goat meat and stir. Turn the heat down let it simmer for a further 2 minutes..
- Wash and finely slice the Ugwu leaves. Add to the simmering soup and stir. Continue to simmer for a further 4 minutes to allow the vegetables to soften. Serve with fufu or garri..
Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi and Ogbono Soup Combo Fried Egusi Soup [Video] Ofe Achara with Akpuruakpu Egusi [Video] 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. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with slightly different approaches. Nigerian Egusi Soupis a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by most tribes in Nigeria with considerable variation and often eaten with dishes like Pounded Yams.