Recipe: Perfect Egusi Soup

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If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. 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. You can cook Egusi Soup using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. It's 3 cups of egusi.
2. Prepare of Neatly sliced ugu.
3. It's 4 cubes of knorr chicken.
4. You need 1/4 of ts of salt.
5. Prepare 1 of deboned big dry fish.
6. Prepare of Stock fish.
7. You need of Blended Tomatoes, red bell pepper and attarugu, Albasa.
8. Prepare 3 serving spoon of palm oil.
9. You need of Stock water.
10. It's of Locust beans.
11. You need 3 tbs of cray fish.
12. It's of Copped ponmo.

Nigerian Egusi Soup (Caking Method) [Video] Egusi and Ogbono Soup Combo 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. Ground egusi (or pumpkin seeds) is the main ingredient. Other ingredients include red palm oil, African crayfish, meats and fish, seasoning, hot pepper and some form of leafy greens.

Egusi Soup instructions

1. Place your clean pot on the stove, add palm oil, add some sliced onion then blended tomatoes.
2. Cover the pot and let it cook for 5 - 10min, stir occasionally.
3. Add ponmo, stock fish and enough stock water.
4. Add dry fish, locust and seasoning.
5. Mix the Egusi with little hot water, add to the mixture.
6. Finally add ugu and cook for 3min.

Nigerian Egusi Soup is made thick using ground melon seeds and leafy vegetables. It is one of the most popular soups prepared by many Nigerian tribes. The people eat it with dishes like Pounded Yam. You can prepare egusi soup with goat, beef, fish, or shellfish! Egusi soup is unarguably the most popular Nigerian soup.