Recipe: Perfect Egusi Soup

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 have Egusi Soup using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egusi Soup

1. Prepare 2 cup of Egusi blended.
2. Prepare 2 of cksp palm oil.
3. It's 2 of fresh tomatoes.
4. Prepare 5 of fresh pepper.
5. Prepare 1 kg of chicken cut in big chunks.
6. You need 1 tbsp of crayfish blended.
7. You need to taste of salt.
8. Prepare of spinach leaf sliced.
9. You need 2 of knorr cube.

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

1. Wash chicken and spiced then set aside.
2. Dice or blend tomatoes and pepper and set aside.
3. Heat up medium pot and add palm oil, once its hot, add blended tomatoes and pepper paste and allow it fry for 4 to 5 minutes.
4. Mix blended egusi with little water and turn it into a paste, pour into the pot and stir continuously for 5 to 8 minutes,.
5. Add crayfish, salt and knorr cube then add chicken and stir everything together, cover pot and leave it on low heat for another 5 minutes,.
6. Add dice spinach leaf stir and turn off heat almost immediately; and serve with any swallow of your choice mine was lafu.

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.