Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, egusi soup. One of my favorites. This time, 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 meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Egusi soup is something that I have loved my whole 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 is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup:

1. Get pumpkin leaves (ugu)
2. Get blended melon seed (egusi) and cup of cryfish
3. Make ready Iced fish
4. Take Small bowl of stockfish
5. Take kpomo (ganda)
6. Get grounded dried Cameroon pepper
7. Get MJ's assorted spices
8. Prepare Iru (daddawa)
9. Get Uziza leaves
10. Take red oil
11. Make ready Chilli, scotch bonnet,. Red pepper, onions
12. Take Oil to fry fish
13. Make ready Seasoning

It is spicy, nutty with exotic African flavors! See the video below on how to make Egusi Soup. 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.

Steps to make Egusi soup:

1. I am going to be detailed here with my step by step cooking method. Ingredients loading…..
2. ……. Roughly blend your onions and peppers. Share your spices and seasoning into 3 portions.
3. In a pot of water boil stock fish + kpomo + a portion of your seasoning and spices.+ Onions + Iru for 30 min. Then boil your blend with a portion of spices and seasoning+Cameroon pepper with Iru till dry.
4. Am going to fry my fish because is not a one time dine soup but am going to preserve it in the freezer, so I need my fish to be firm for a longer period.
5. Put Palm oil and fry onions for 2 min. Then add the egusi and stir fry(mind you stir fry if not it will get burnt) you will notice it getting formy,continue to stir
6. Add a portion of spices and seasoning, stir fry till the foam pipes down
7. Add the boiled kpomo and stockfish+dried fish and you can add water based on the consistency (thickness)you want and allow for 10 min
8. Add Uziza leaves (my Uziza 🤩 the scent is cloud 9) for 2 min
9. Add ugu and fried fish and allow simmer for 2 min
10. Then….
11. You know! When he entered the house, he was like baby I have been perceiving this aroma from down the street 😅😅. I didn't mention names😅 Su Santi manya😀

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. Egusi soup is an appetizing soup to behold. Find out the many tricks of preparing this popular soup using the caking method. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach.

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