How to make Egusi soup



Egusi Soup is one of the easiest Nigerian soups to make as long as you have the right steps and ingredients. You can use any or no meat to cook this and it will come out tasty and still nutritious. The recipe I use is the same one that has been passed down from my grandmother's mother to her and now its here for you.
The trick in making egusi is to leave it on the fire for as long as you can.
The down side is that it burns fast, so pay attention when making this.

Ingredients 

  • Egusi ( grind or pound this with crayfish and onions)
  • Pepper and Tomato (grind pepper and tomato into paste)
  • Meat 
  • Palmoil
  • Dryfish or stockfish
  • Pomo
  • periwinkle
  • iru or dawadawa 
  • crayfish
  • salt
  • maggi cube
  • chopped onions 
  • freshly washed bitterleaf 

Steps

  1. Pour palmoil into a dry pot on medium to high heat
  2. add chopped onions 
  3. Add the already boiled tomato and pepper paste, leave to fry till sweet
  4. Add egusi and keep stirring till mixed and fried (do not stop stirring or it will burn)
  5. While egusi is still frying, add dryfish, stockfish, Pomo, meat and meat stock
  6. Stir well and cover pot 
  7. open the pot and add salt, iru or dawadawa, Maggi cubes, periwinkle and grinded crayfish
  8. cover pot and let it boil
  9. when oil has risen to the top of the soup add bitter leaf and stir well
  10. add enough water to your soup and cover 
  11. leave this to boil for about 30 - 45 mins 
You can eat your delicious Egusi soup with Eba, Pounded yam, wheat, semo, Rice and anything else you feel like eating.




ENJOY YOUR FOOD and don't forget to leave a comment if you tried this recipe.



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