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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. 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 I asked my sister-in-law over the following weekend to show me how to make real egusi soup.and it's NOTHING like this recipe.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have learn how to make egusi soup using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Learn How to make Egusi soup:

1. Make ready Egusi (Melon) seeds
2. Make ready Palm oil : Half litre
3. Prepare Protein : Beef,kpomo,Cow leg, Shaki (cow tripe),Fish: dry fish
4. Get Ground crayfish
5. Make ready Pepper : Yellow pepper preferably or Red pepper /black pepper
6. Take Salt
7. Get Onions
8. Prepare Vegetable: Nigerian pumpkin leaves aka ugwu or bitter leaf
9. Make ready Stock cubes to taste (3 - 5)
10. Get tomatoes (optional)
11. Take small ogiri okpei (optional)
12. Make ready Onga soup spice (1-2 satchets)

Egusi soup is a popular West African soup. Egusi soup is an exotic hearty food that will satisfy your taste buds. It is a staple in most West African I have made one Egusi recipe before and ever since I made that version of Egusi soup, I've gotten a lot of requests to make another version of the recipe. Nigerian Egusi soup na soup wey dey thickened wit ground melon seeds wit oda vegetables.

Instructions to make Learn How to make Egusi soup:

1. Wash your protein of choice, stock fish,Kpomo,dry fish. Put in a clean pot then spice it with sliced onions and stock cube. Cook it till meat is soft. Then bring down from fire.
2. Pour the red palm oil into a dry pot and set on the stove to heat. As soon as the oil melts(don't allow it bleach,it should just turn translucent),add the sliced onions and tin tomatoes,fry for sometime,add the ground egusi,pepper and iru to the mix,then fry. Mix the ground egusi with oil till every grain of egusi turns yellow.
3. Stir the egusi on low to medium heat. Keep stir-frying for about 10 minutes.
4. Add the meat/fish stock (water from cooking the fish and meat) then stir the egusi. still too thick, you can add hot water in the same way till you get the consistency you want. If your choice of vegetable is bitter leaf, add it at this time.
5. Cover the pot and cook for 20 minutes, stirring at intervals. Also, top up the water when necessary. If you don't stir it, it will burn. Cooking time for egusi soup is 30 minutes, else the soup will not taste nice. Also, egusi that is not cooked long enough may cause upset stomach. The egusi is done when you notice that the oil has separated from the mix. Then add your meat and stockfish
6. Add the ground crayfish(reason it's added now is so it doesn't burn the soup). Stir and add the Nigerian pumpkin leaves  (if that is what your using, You could also use both)
7. Add your seasoning, salt if necessary. If it is too thick, add some water to bring it to a consistency you like. - 9. Cover and leave to simmer and it is done! - It's perfect with Pounded Yam. You can also serve it with Eba (Garri), Amala, Semolina Fufu,  or Cassava Fufu.

Na one of di most popular soups wey most tribes for Nigeria dey prepare wit different styles. You fit cook am wit goat meat, beef or fish. Dis recipe go show you how to prepare Nigerian Egusi soup wit melon seeds. Would you like to learn how to prepare a delicious pot of Egusi soup? Egusi is the Local name for protein-rich seeds of used to make Egusi Soup when dried and grounded.

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