Recipe: Perfect 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 cook Egusi Soup using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. Prepare leaf of Ugu.
2. You need Cup of melon.
3. You need 1 kg of meat.
4. Prepare of Dry fish.
5. You need of Cow skin.
6. You need of Crayfish.
7. You need cube of Stock.
8. It's of Palm oil.
9. Prepare of Onions.
10. You need of Fresh tomatoes.
11. You need of Bonnet pepper.
12. You need of Locust beans.

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 instructions

1. Rough blend the pepper and slice the onions and set aside.
2. Wash the meat and season then boil.
3. Put pot on gas Heat your oil the saute the onions and locust beans together for awhile.
4. Add in the pepper and allow to fry then add in the stock cube cover again to fry. add in meat and the cow skin dry fish and let it boil.
5. In another pot add in oil saute it then make a paste of your grinded melon with water(I use my meat stock) slice some onions and little salt mix and cut inside the heat oil add water little by little on the side of the pot the Fry the melon.
6. After that add ugu to the stew then add your fry melon along side. At this junction I don't cover my pot so the vegetable leaf can retain it colour.
7. Taste and adjust with salt..
8. Serve with any swallow of your choice or boil rice.

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.