Egusi soup
Egusi soup

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, egusi soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Egusi soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Egusi soup is something which 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. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook egusi soup using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
  1. Make ready Egusi 1 and half cup
  2. Prepare Usu
  3. Take Crayfish
  4. Prepare Pepper half cup
  5. Take Uwgu
  6. Prepare Onion
  7. Take Red oil
  8. Take Prawn
  9. Prepare Pomo
  10. Take Stock fish
  11. Make ready Smoked panla
  12. Take Turkey/chicken /beef
  13. Get Seasoning
  14. Make ready to taste Salt

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.

Steps to make Egusi soup:
  1. Ground the crayfish, usu and egusi together. Rinse the smoke fish and dry prawn with warm salt water, boil the pomo, boil turkey and set aside
  2. Heat the red oil, add grated pepper and onion, let it cook for a while, u can add small water this will help it cook well, add meat stock
  3. Grate or blend onion, add to the egusi, mix it well and add to the pot
  4. The egusi changes color when its ready, stir gently n allow fry a bit, add all protein, small water and seasoning of choice, trust me chicken flavor or knor chicken will be fine. Stir n cover
  5. Rinse the uwgu, add to the pot and stir. Taste to check if salt is ok
  6. Serve with semo, pound yam or any swallow of your choice.. Guess what it also go well with rice 😋

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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