Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Egusi soup is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine 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 is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have egusi soup using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Take Egusi
- Prepare Crayfish
- Make ready Assorted meat
- Make ready 2 Stock fish
- Make ready 2 Dry fish
- Get Scotch bonnet
- Get 1 large onion bulb
- Prepare Black pepper
- Prepare 2 Calabar nutmeg
- Prepare 4 Seasoning cubes
- Take 1/2 tsp Salt
- Make ready Palm oil
- Prepare Beef seasoning
- Get Dry ginger or fresh ginger
- Take 3 garlic clove
- Prepare 2 cups water
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. Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Assemble your ingredients.
- Soak the stock fish in hot water for 20min
- Wash your meats and place in pot and add blended scotch bonnet mixture
- Add the stock fish and coarsely grounded black pepper, ginger and nutmeg
- Add salt
- Beef seasoning
- Seasoning cubes
- Slice onions
- Add water enough to cover the meat. I add 2 cups because i want my meat to be soft especially because it has cow skin (ganda)
- Ground your crashfish and mix with the egusi
- Mix till combined
- Add your palm oil to the egusi. Mix and set aside till your meat is soft
- Now scoop the mixture into the your meat as shown in the picture
- Cook till oil appears on the surface. Adjust seasoning to taste
- Now add your ugwu leaves. I washed it with salt and drain before adding
- Tadaa! It's ready. Typically igbo style. You should try it really.
- I served mine with semovita meal
- Yeppie! Enjoy
- Note: these egusi soup is healthier because the oil is cooked and not fried
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 soup is an appetizing soup to behold. Find out the many tricks of preparing this popular soup using the caking method. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach.
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