Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, egusi soup and akpu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. The Yorubas make efo elegusi while the Igbos make ofe egusi, all with similar ingredients but with.
Egusi soup and akpu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Egusi soup and akpu is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have egusi soup and akpu using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Egusi soup and akpu:
- Make ready Egusi -
- Get Stock fish
- Get Meat
- Prepare Pepper and onions-
- Prepare Crayfish
- Make ready Pomo
- Prepare Ice fish
- Get Pumpkin
- Take Palm oil
- Make ready Maggi and salt-to taste
It is a staple in most West African home and it is an uncomplicated one pot meal that is often accompanied with swallows like Eba, Amala, Semovita, Pounded yam, Fufu, and the likes. 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 Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds.
Instructions to make Egusi soup and akpu:
- Boil your meat,fish,stockfish and pomo together add ur maggi and salt to taste
- Then fry the meat and fish with groundnut oil if u wish,because me I do fry them.
- Blend your pepper and onions together.
- Place the pot of meat stock on fire and pour your blended crayfish and pepper inside and allow it come to boiling
- Pour your blended egusi in a bowl slice onions into tiny pieces and pour,then add a little water mix it to a thick paste.
- Then you cut and pour it into the boiling stock and pour your palm oil and cover for 5minutes.
- Open and stir then wash your pumpkin leaves and pour cover for 2minutes.
- Your soup is ready.
Nigerian Egusi Soup is a soup thickened with ground melon seeds and contains leafy and other vegetables. This recipe will show you how to make Nigerian Egusi Soup, a popular West African soup made with melon seeds. Egusi soup is a type of soup thickened with ground Egusi i.e. after the dried melon seeds must have been peeled and powdered in a grinding engine (usually a hand-operated one). Also, which of these do you prefer to accompany your Egusi soup: Akpu, Garri, Amala, Semovita, Pounded-Yam or Tuwo? Here is an authentic Egusi soup recipe for your enjoyment.
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