Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds.
Egusi soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Egusi soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Prepare Egusi
- Get Egg
- Prepare Red and bonnet peppers
- Make ready Palm oil
- Take Beef
- Make ready Dried fish
- Get Crayfish
- Make ready cubes Stock
- Make ready Veg oil(a little)
- Take leaves Ugwu
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. Egusi soup is a soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient. Egusi seeds are the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous (squash, melon, gourd) plants.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Wash the dried fish,remove all dirt and set aside,boil the meat with seasoning and set aside,grind your peppers and onions
- In a pan add two tablespoon of red oil then break and whisk your egg,add in the egg and grounded egusi in the pan and stir fry for about 2 mins
- Add the grinded peppers and onions in a pot,add the Palm oil and a little groundnut oil then fry add the crayfish,beef stock and more water(if needed),season it then wash the leaves and add to the boiling water and allow for about 15 mins.add in the fried egusi and cover to allow the water drain to the desired consistency
Egusi soup is a soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient. Egusi seeds are the fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous (squash, melon, gourd) plants. Egusi soup is common and prevalent across Central Africa, and may be served atop rice, cooked vegetables, or grilled meat. 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!
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