Egusi soup. 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.

Ground Egusi seeds give this soup a unique color and flavor. If you can't find Egusi seeds, you can substitute pumpkin seeds. Any combination of crab, shrimp and smoked fish can be used in place of. You can cook Egusi soup using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Egusi soup

It's 2 cup of melon(grounded).
Prepare 4 of dry fish medium.
You need 1 kg of beef.
It's 1 bunch of pumpkin leaf(sliced).
You need 3 tablespoon of crayfish (ground).
Prepare 6 of fresh pepper (blended).
Prepare 1 of onion bulb (blended).
It's 4 cube of maggi.
You need 1/2 of palm oil.
Prepare to taste of salt.

Egusi Soup is a finger-licking good Nigerian soup made with a white variety of pumpkin seeds. 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.

Egusi soup instructions

Get a clean pot,wash beef and fish with salt then put inside pot add little water..
Place on heat allow to boil for 30.pour the stock out rinse pot place back on heat then add palm oil.
Then add onion,pepper,fish and fry for 7min then add egusi to fry for 2min add meat stock,maggi,salt for 1 min then add leaf and turn off heat..
Soup is ready,so so delicious,it can be eaten with semo,fufu,wheat etc.

Find out how to cook egusi soup with this egusi soup recipe. Egusi Soup is a rich and savory West African soup made with ground melon seeds (egusi seeds) and eaten with fufu dishes. Egusi Soup - Nigerian Melon Seed Stew. Quick, easy and healthier Egusi soup, made with lots of spinach. Egusi, or melon seeds, is a staple ingredient in many West African dishes and makes a great thickening base for soups and stews.