Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Egusi soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Egusi soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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 recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook egusi soup using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:

1. Make ready Egusi
2. Make ready Crayfish
3. Prepare Assorted meat
4. Get 2 Stock fish
5. Take 2 Dry fish
6. Prepare Scotch bonnet
7. Take 1 large onion bulb
8. Get Black pepper
9. Make ready 2 Calabar nutmeg
10. Take 4 Seasoning cubes
11. Get 1/2 tsp Salt
12. Make ready Palm oil
13. Take Beef seasoning
14. Take Dry ginger or fresh ginger
15. Get 3 garlic clove
16. Prepare 2 cups water

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. Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds.

Instructions to make Egusi soup:

1. Assemble your ingredients.
2. Soak the stock fish in hot water for 20min
3. Wash your meats and place in pot and add blended scotch bonnet mixture
4. Add the stock fish and coarsely grounded black pepper, ginger and nutmeg
5. Add salt
6. Beef seasoning
7. Seasoning cubes
8. Slice onions
9. 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)
10. Ground your crashfish and mix with the egusi
11. Mix till combined
12. Add your palm oil to the egusi. Mix and set aside till your meat is soft
13. Now scoop the mixture into the your meat as shown in the picture
14. Cook till oil appears on the surface. Adjust seasoning to taste
15. Now add your ugwu leaves. I washed it with salt and drain before adding
16. Tadaa! It's ready. Typically igbo style. You should try it really.
17. I served mine with semovita meal
18. Yeppie! Enjoy
19. Note: these egusi soup is healthier because the oil is cooked and not fried

Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. 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. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. Egusi soup is a culinary soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient.

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