Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This soup is native to West Africa (Nigeria) and many of my American as well as Nigerian friends have enjoyed it. It is a great soup for those who like to try something different every once in a while. 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 on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Egusi soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:
- Prepare 5 habanero pepper
- Make ready 3 red bell pepper
- Prepare Palm oil
- Make ready Grounded egusi
- Get Seasoning
- Get leaves Ugu
- Make ready Chicken/beef stock
- Take Cray fish
- Get Onion
Start by grounding the egusi into a thick paste, then add the meat and veggies and simmer the soup until the meat gets tender. Furthermore, egusi soup is popular in Nigeria and it is best eaten with morsels or "swallow" as it's popularly called. Egusi soup and pounded are top of the list. Perfect food marriage the universe has ever brought together.
Instructions to make Egusi soup:
- Blend your habanero and ball pepper then pour it to a pot and let the water evaporate
- Add palm oil and fry for two minutes then add the onion and continue frying for about three minutes
- Make a paste with your grounded Egusi and add it to your fried pepper and onion using a spoon
- Fry it for about three minutes
- Add cray fish, meat or chicken, the stock and season it to taste
- Add the ugu leaves, cover the pot and let it cook for a minute
- Stir and serve with swallow of your choice
Egusi soup and pounded are top of the list. Perfect food marriage the universe has ever brought together. We have other types of soups too (you can check it out here). Nigerian Egusi Soup The Nigerian Egusi soup, prepared with melon seeds, is prepared by most tribes in Nigeria in many different ways. It is known as Miyan Gushi in Hausa, Ofe Egusi in Igbo and Efo Elegusi in Yoruba.
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