Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Egusi soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Egusi soup is something which I have 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 - Today I'm going to be showing you how to make Egusi soup since I made my last egg this would be a lot of you have been asking me to make.

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

The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:

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

Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. Egusi soup is a culinary soup prepared with egusi seeds as a primary ingredient.

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 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. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. 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.

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